diff --git a/goldens/public-api/angular_devkit/build_angular/index.md b/goldens/public-api/angular_devkit/build_angular/index.md
index 00108df05faf..1b25ec2e56c7 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/angular_devkit/build_angular/index.md
+++ b/goldens/public-api/angular_devkit/build_angular/index.md
@@ -10,9 +10,54 @@ import type { ConfigOptions } from 'karma';
 import { Configuration } from 'webpack';
 import { DevServerBuildOutput } from '@angular-devkit/build-webpack';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { OutputFile } from 'esbuild';
+import type { Plugin as Plugin_2 } from 'esbuild';
 import webpack from 'webpack';
 import { WebpackLoggingCallback } from '@angular-devkit/build-webpack';
 
+// @public
+export interface ApplicationBuilderOptions {
+    allowedCommonJsDependencies?: string[];
+    aot?: boolean;
+    appShell?: boolean;
+    assets?: AssetPattern_2[];
+    baseHref?: string;
+    browser: string;
+    budgets?: Budget_2[];
+    crossOrigin?: CrossOrigin_2;
+    deleteOutputPath?: boolean;
+    externalDependencies?: string[];
+    extractLicenses?: boolean;
+    fileReplacements?: FileReplacement_2[];
+    i18nDuplicateTranslation?: I18NTranslation_2;
+    i18nMissingTranslation?: I18NTranslation_2;
+    index: IndexUnion_2;
+    inlineStyleLanguage?: InlineStyleLanguage_2;
+    localize?: Localize_2;
+    namedChunks?: boolean;
+    optimization?: OptimizationUnion_2;
+    outputHashing?: OutputHashing_2;
+    outputPath: string;
+    poll?: number;
+    polyfills?: string[];
+    prerender?: PrerenderUnion;
+    preserveSymlinks?: boolean;
+    progress?: boolean;
+    scripts?: ScriptElement_2[];
+    server?: string;
+    serviceWorker?: ServiceWorker_2;
+    sourceMap?: SourceMapUnion_2;
+    ssr?: ServiceWorker_2;
+    statsJson?: boolean;
+    stylePreprocessorOptions?: StylePreprocessorOptions_2;
+    styles?: StyleElement_2[];
+    subresourceIntegrity?: boolean;
+    tsConfig: string;
+    verbose?: boolean;
+    watch?: boolean;
+    webWorkerTsConfig?: string;
+}
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type AssetPattern = AssetPatternObject | string;
 
@@ -94,6 +139,15 @@ export interface Budget {
     warning?: string;
 }
 
+// @public
+export function buildApplication(options: ApplicationBuilderOptions, context: BuilderContext, plugins?: Plugin_2[]): AsyncIterable<BuilderOutput & {
+    outputFiles?: BuildOutputFile[];
+    assetFiles?: {
+        source: string;
+        destination: string;
+    }[];
+}>;
+
 // @public
 export enum CrossOrigin {
     // (undocumented)
@@ -149,7 +203,7 @@ export function executeDevServerBuilder(options: DevServerBuilderOptions, contex
     webpackConfiguration?: ExecutionTransformer<Configuration>;
     logging?: WebpackLoggingCallback;
     indexHtml?: IndexHtmlTransform;
-}): Observable<DevServerBuilderOutput>;
+}, plugins?: Plugin_2[]): Observable<DevServerBuilderOutput>;
 
 // @public
 export function executeExtractI18nBuilder(options: ExtractI18nBuilderOptions, context: BuilderContext, transforms?: {
@@ -201,14 +255,14 @@ export interface FileReplacement {
 
 // @public
 export interface KarmaBuilderOptions {
-    assets?: AssetPattern_2[];
+    assets?: AssetPattern_3[];
     browsers?: string;
     codeCoverage?: boolean;
     codeCoverageExclude?: string[];
     exclude?: string[];
-    fileReplacements?: FileReplacement_2[];
+    fileReplacements?: FileReplacement_3[];
     include?: string[];
-    inlineStyleLanguage?: InlineStyleLanguage_2;
+    inlineStyleLanguage?: InlineStyleLanguage_3;
     karmaConfig?: string;
     main?: string;
     poll?: number;
@@ -216,10 +270,10 @@ export interface KarmaBuilderOptions {
     preserveSymlinks?: boolean;
     progress?: boolean;
     reporters?: string[];
-    scripts?: ScriptElement_2[];
-    sourceMap?: SourceMapUnion_2;
-    stylePreprocessorOptions?: StylePreprocessorOptions_2;
-    styles?: StyleElement_2[];
+    scripts?: ScriptElement_3[];
+    sourceMap?: SourceMapUnion_3;
+    stylePreprocessorOptions?: StylePreprocessorOptions_3;
+    styles?: StyleElement_3[];
     tsConfig: string;
     watch?: boolean;
     webWorkerTsConfig?: string;
@@ -276,30 +330,30 @@ export interface ProtractorBuilderOptions {
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface ServerBuilderOptions {
-    assets?: AssetPattern_3[];
+    assets?: AssetPattern_4[];
     buildOptimizer?: boolean;
     deleteOutputPath?: boolean;
     // @deprecated
     deployUrl?: string;
     externalDependencies?: string[];
     extractLicenses?: boolean;
-    fileReplacements?: FileReplacement_3[];
-    i18nDuplicateTranslation?: I18NTranslation_2;
-    i18nMissingTranslation?: I18NTranslation_2;
-    inlineStyleLanguage?: InlineStyleLanguage_3;
-    localize?: Localize_2;
+    fileReplacements?: FileReplacement_4[];
+    i18nDuplicateTranslation?: I18NTranslation_3;
+    i18nMissingTranslation?: I18NTranslation_3;
+    inlineStyleLanguage?: InlineStyleLanguage_4;
+    localize?: Localize_3;
     main: string;
     namedChunks?: boolean;
-    optimization?: OptimizationUnion_2;
-    outputHashing?: OutputHashing_2;
+    optimization?: OptimizationUnion_3;
+    outputHashing?: OutputHashing_3;
     outputPath: string;
     poll?: number;
     preserveSymlinks?: boolean;
     progress?: boolean;
     resourcesOutputPath?: string;
-    sourceMap?: SourceMapUnion_3;
+    sourceMap?: SourceMapUnion_4;
     statsJson?: boolean;
-    stylePreprocessorOptions?: StylePreprocessorOptions_3;
+    stylePreprocessorOptions?: StylePreprocessorOptions_4;
     tsConfig: string;
     vendorChunk?: boolean;
     verbose?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/index.ts
index 99a8664497bd..127b6146af0f 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { BuilderContext, BuilderOutput, createBuilder } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
+import type { Plugin } from 'esbuild';
 import { BuildOutputFile, BuildOutputFileType } from '../../tools/esbuild/bundler-context';
 import { purgeStaleBuildCache } from '../../utils/purge-cache';
 import { assertCompatibleAngularVersion } from '../../utils/version';
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import { executeBuild } from './execute-build';
 import { ApplicationBuilderInternalOptions, normalizeOptions } from './options';
 import { Schema as ApplicationBuilderOptions } from './schema';
 
+export { ApplicationBuilderOptions };
+
 export async function* buildApplicationInternal(
   options: ApplicationBuilderInternalOptions,
   // TODO: Integrate abort signal support into builder system
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ export async function* buildApplicationInternal(
   infrastructureSettings?: {
     write?: boolean;
   },
+  plugins?: Plugin[],
 ): AsyncIterable<
   BuilderOutput & {
     outputFiles?: BuildOutputFile[];
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ export async function* buildApplicationInternal(
     return;
   }
 
-  const normalizedOptions = await normalizeOptions(context, projectName, options);
+  const normalizedOptions = await normalizeOptions(context, projectName, options, plugins);
 
   yield* runEsBuildBuildAction(
     (rebuildState) => executeBuild(normalizedOptions, context, rebuildState),
@@ -69,16 +73,31 @@ export async function* buildApplicationInternal(
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Builds an application using the `application` builder with the provided
+ * options.
+ *
+ * Usage of the `plugins` parameter is NOT supported and may cause unexpected
+ * build output or build failures.
+ *
+ * @experimental Direct usage of this function is considered experimental.
+ *
+ * @param options The options defined by the builder's schema to use.
+ * @param context An Architect builder context instance.
+ * @param plugins An array of plugins to apply to the main code bundling.
+ * @returns The build output results of the build.
+ */
 export function buildApplication(
   options: ApplicationBuilderOptions,
   context: BuilderContext,
+  plugins?: Plugin[],
 ): AsyncIterable<
   BuilderOutput & {
     outputFiles?: BuildOutputFile[];
     assetFiles?: { source: string; destination: string }[];
   }
 > {
-  return buildApplicationInternal(options, context);
+  return buildApplicationInternal(options, context, undefined, plugins);
 }
 
 export default createBuilder(buildApplication);
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts
index e292671ca519..0f3b2d63aab5 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { BuilderContext } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
+import type { Plugin } from 'esbuild';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import {
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export type ApplicationBuilderInternalOptions = Omit<
  * @param context The context for current builder execution.
  * @param projectName The name of the project for the current execution.
  * @param options An object containing the options to use for the build.
+ * @param plugins An optional array of programmatically supplied build plugins.
  * @returns An object containing normalized options required to perform the build.
  */
 // eslint-disable-next-line max-lines-per-function
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
   context: BuilderContext,
   projectName: string,
   options: ApplicationBuilderInternalOptions,
+  plugins?: Plugin[],
 ) {
   const workspaceRoot = context.workspaceRoot;
   const projectMetadata = await context.getProjectMetadata(projectName);
@@ -295,6 +298,7 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
     namedChunks,
     budgets: budgets?.length ? budgets : undefined,
     publicPath: deployUrl ? deployUrl : undefined,
+    plugins: plugins?.length ? plugins : undefined,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser-esbuild/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser-esbuild/index.ts
index 57c6fdfa2898..e1e3f243be53 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser-esbuild/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser-esbuild/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { BuilderContext, BuilderOutput, createBuilder } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
+import type { Plugin } from 'esbuild';
 import { constants as fsConstants } from 'node:fs';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export async function* buildEsbuildBrowser(
   infrastructureSettings?: {
     write?: boolean;
   },
+  plugins?: Plugin[],
 ): AsyncIterable<
   BuilderOutput & {
     outputFiles?: BuildOutputFile[];
@@ -40,9 +42,14 @@ export async function* buildEsbuildBrowser(
   const normalizedOptions = normalizeOptions(userOptions);
   const fullOutputPath = path.join(context.workspaceRoot, normalizedOptions.outputPath);
 
-  for await (const result of buildApplicationInternal(normalizedOptions, context, {
-    write: false,
-  })) {
+  for await (const result of buildApplicationInternal(
+    normalizedOptions,
+    context,
+    {
+      write: false,
+    },
+    plugins,
+  )) {
     if (infrastructureSettings?.write !== false && result.outputFiles) {
       // Write output files
       await writeResultFiles(result.outputFiles, result.assetFiles, fullOutputPath);
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts
index 5af0eca63017..a53ff413bed7 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { BuilderContext } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
+import type { Plugin } from 'esbuild';
 import { EMPTY, Observable, defer, switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 import type { ExecutionTransformer } from '../../transforms';
 import { checkPort } from '../../utils/check-port';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export function execute(
     logging?: import('@angular-devkit/build-webpack').WebpackLoggingCallback;
     indexHtml?: IndexHtmlTransform;
   } = {},
+  plugins?: Plugin[],
 ): Observable<DevServerBuilderOutput> {
   // Determine project name from builder context target
   const projectName = context.target?.project;
@@ -50,11 +52,23 @@ export function execute(
         builderName === '@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser-esbuild' ||
         normalizedOptions.forceEsbuild
       ) {
+        if (Object.keys(transforms).length > 0) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'The `application` and `browser-esbuild` builders do not support Webpack transforms.',
+          );
+        }
+
         return defer(() => import('./vite-server')).pipe(
-          switchMap(({ serveWithVite }) => serveWithVite(normalizedOptions, builderName, context)),
+          switchMap(({ serveWithVite }) =>
+            serveWithVite(normalizedOptions, builderName, context, plugins),
+          ),
         );
       }
 
+      if (plugins?.length) {
+        throw new Error('Only the `application` and `browser-esbuild` builders support plugins.');
+      }
+
       // Use Webpack for all other browser targets
       return defer(() => import('./webpack-server')).pipe(
         switchMap(({ serveWebpackBrowser }) =>
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
index c1df69d936fd..cba4b48c3be0 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import type { BuilderContext } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
 import type { json, logging } from '@angular-devkit/core';
+import type { Plugin } from 'esbuild';
 import { lookup as lookupMimeType } from 'mrmime';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
 import { BinaryLike, createHash } from 'node:crypto';
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export async function* serveWithVite(
   serverOptions: NormalizedDevServerOptions,
   builderName: string,
   context: BuilderContext,
+  plugins?: Plugin[],
 ): AsyncIterableIterator<DevServerBuilderOutput> {
   // Get the browser configuration from the target name.
   const rawBrowserOptions = (await context.getTargetOptions(
@@ -115,9 +117,14 @@ export async function* serveWithVite(
   const generatedFiles = new Map<string, OutputFileRecord>();
   const assetFiles = new Map<string, string>();
   // TODO: Switch this to an architect schedule call when infrastructure settings are supported
-  for await (const result of buildEsbuildBrowser(browserOptions, context, {
-    write: false,
-  })) {
+  for await (const result of buildEsbuildBrowser(
+    browserOptions,
+    context,
+    {
+      write: false,
+    },
+    plugins,
+  )) {
     assert(result.outputFiles, 'Builder did not provide result files.');
 
     // Analyze result files for changes
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/index.ts
index 37aa4d24d4d2..cbd753ed765e 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export {
   BrowserBuilderOutput,
 } from './builders/browser';
 
+export { buildApplication, ApplicationBuilderOptions } from './builders/application';
+
 export {
   executeDevServerBuilder,
   DevServerBuilderOptions,
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
index 6265bf3a7fd4..7ad66cf5800c 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ export function createBrowserCodeBundleOptions(
     );
   }
 
+  if (options.plugins) {
+    buildOptions.plugins?.push(...options.plugins);
+  }
+
   return buildOptions;
 }
 
@@ -343,6 +347,10 @@ export function createServerCodeBundleOptions(
     );
   }
 
+  if (options.plugins) {
+    buildOptions.plugins.push(...options.plugins);
+  }
+
   return buildOptions;
 }