Patch Changes

• fix: resolve the webpack-dev-server type from its default export, so the types work with both v5 and v6 (by @bjohansebas in #4834)

• feat: allow toml@5 as a peer dependency for TOML configuration files (by @alexander-akait in #4837)

Minor Changes

• feat: stop asking about HTML and CSS in init, scaffold TypeScript on webpack's own support, and keep one question for the CSS tools webpack does not cover (PostCSS, Sass, Less, Stylus, and each preprocessor with PostCSS) (by @alexander-akait in #4836)

• feat: use webpack's native CSS and HTML support in the init templates (by @bjohansebas in #4833)

Patch Changes

• perf: enable the Node.js compile cache (module.enableCompileCache, available on Node.js >= 22.8.0) to speed up CLI startup (by @bjohansebas in #4818)

Patch Changes

• fix: CLIPlugin dynamic import interop under Bun (by @alexander-akait in #4799)

Minor Changes

• feat: allow webpack-dev-server v6 as an optional peer dependency (^5.0.0 || ^6.0.0) (by @bjohansebas in #4793)

• Support tsx as a fallback loader for TypeScript and JSX configuration files (.ts, .tsx, .cts, .mts and .jsx), used when none of the loaders known to interpret (such as ts-node) are installed. (by @alexander-akait in #4796)

Minor Changes

• feat(cli): refresh the --help output using commander's configureHelp API — branded headers, section dividers, colorized terms and a clearer footer. Colors and chrome collapse to plain text when output is piped or --no-color is used, so scripts keep working. (by @alexander-akait in #4779)

• feat: support .json5, .yaml/.yml and .toml configuration files by parsing them directly, with the parser package (json5, js-yaml, toml) installed on demand by the user and declared as optional peerDependencies so the parsers resolve correctly under Yarn PnP (by @alexander-akait in #4777)

Patch Changes

• Improved CLI startup performance and reduced memory usage. (by @alexander-akait in #4765)

• Reduced CLI startup CPU and memory usage by caching schema-derived argument metadata, registering only the options present in the arguments, and reading config directories once during default-config discovery. (by @alexander-akait in #4760)

• Replace the fastest-levenshtein dependency with a small in-tree implementation used for command/option "did you mean" suggestions. (by @alexander-akait in #4762)

Minor Changes

• Covert templates to ECMA modules syntax. (by @ThierryRakotomanana in #4709)

Patch Changes

• Use default logic to determine the host for webpack-dev-server. (by @ThierryRakotomanana in #4715)

• Generate webpack.config.ts instead of webpack.config.js when TypeScript is selected. (by @ThierryRakotomanana in #4723)

Patch Changes

• Resolve configuration path for cache build dependencies. (by @alexander-akait in #4707)

Patch Changes

• The file protocol for configuration options (--config/--extends) is supported. (by @alexander-akait in #4702)