Babel Alternatives

Babel is described as 'Generic multi-purpose compiler for JavaScript. Using Babel you can use (and create) the next generation of JavaScript, as well as the next generation of JavaScript tooling' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Babel for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Babel alternative is TypeScript, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Babel are Dart, Kotlin, CoffeeScript and Haxe.

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  1. RapydScript icon
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    RapydScript is a pre-compiler for JavaScript, similar to CoffeeScript, but with cleaner, more readable syntax. The syntax is very similar to Python, but allows JavaScript as well. It's not another Python-in-a-browser clone, it's actually JavaScript with more Pythonic...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. Objective-J icon
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    Objective-J is a programming language developed as part of the Cappuccino web development framework. Its syntax is nearly identical to the Objective-C syntax and it shares with JavaScript the same relationship that Objective-C has with...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3.  2 likes

    Unfancy CoffeeScript. Coco is a CoffeeScript dialect that aims to be more radical and practical.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Bublé icon
     1 like

    Inspired by Babel, Bublé is an ES2015 compiler that takes your ES2015 JavaScript code and turns it into code that can run in today's environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • GitLab
     
  5.  2 likes

    The core tools for Blade rich client development. Contribute to blade development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Sucrase icon
     Like

    Sucrase is an alternative to Babel that allows super-fast development builds. Instead of compiling a large range of JS features to be able to work in Internet Explorer, Sucrase assumes that you're developing with a recent browser or recent Node.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
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