The speedy Sucrase compiler is emerging as a potential alternative to the Babel JavaScript compiler for development purposes, if not for production builds.

The core team behind the open source JavaScript compiler seek corporate sponsors to fund the continued development of the project. Despite being used by millions, the open source Babel JavaScript ...

The popular open source Babel compiler that makes modern JavaScript compatible with older environments has shipped in version 7 and, with help from Microsoft, now supports TypeScript. Babel, a ...

Open source community volunteers have shipped an update to the Babel compiler that makes modern JavaScript compatible with older environments, adding speed, easier configurability and much more.

Besides JavaScript, swc also replaces Babel by default for transpilation when a browserslist is set, as well as for compiling JSX and TypeScript, and React Fast Refresh.