This categorically not true. It does exactly the thing it's supposed to do. Yes, it is best that potential users wait for now, but that isn't because it "doesn'

This categorically not true. It does exactly the thing it's supposed to do. Yes, it is best that potential users wait for now, but that isn't because it "doesn't do anything". What it _doesn't_ do currently is provide an API which would allow it to be plugged in a similar way to Webpack (not exactly the same, as the deliberate aim is not to cover every usecase, as Webpack allows). This is a requirement for wider adoption as a competitor (rather than just as the module bundling step). Plus the tree shaking needs work, though I think that is less important than has sometimes been made out. Parcel may have a simple API for simple things, but it's extremely slow and generally suffers from exactly the same issues outlined by OP.