Webpacker makes it easy to use the JavaScript preprocessor and bundler Webpack to manage application-like JavaScript in Rails. It coexists with the asset pipeline, as the primary purpose for Webpack is app-like JavaScript, not images, css, or even JavaScript Sprinkles (that all continues to live in app/assets). It is, however, possible to use Webpacker for CSS and images assets as well, in which case you may not even need the asset pipeline. This is mostly relevant when exclusively using component-based JavaScript frameworks. WWW: https://github.com/rails/webpacker