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    swc-project

    swc-project/swc

    Rust-based platform for the Web

    backend
    babel
    compiler
    ecmascript
    ecmascript-parser
    javascript
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    34.2K stars
    1.5K forks
    169 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 374 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #51 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 12, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Compiles TypeScript and JavaScript code using a high-performance Rust-based platform.
    • Delivers significantly faster compilation speeds compared to traditional JavaScript compilers like Babel.
    • Use for accelerating build times in large-scale TypeScript and JavaScript web applications.
    • Use for integrating a fast ECMAScript parser and compiler into Rust-based development tools.
    • Use for migrating projects from Babel to a more efficient compiler while maintaining compatibility.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Make the web (development) faster.

    SWC (stands for Speedy Web Compiler) is a super-fast TypeScript / JavaScript compiler written in Rust. It's a library for Rust and JavaScript at the same time. If you are using SWC from Rust, see rustdoc and for most users, your entry point for using the library will be parser.

    Also, SWC tries to ensure that

    If you select the latest version of each crates, it will work

    for rust users.

    MSRV of crates is currently 1.73.

    To update all SWC crates you use, you can run curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swc-project/swc/main/scripts/update-all-swc-crates.sh | bash -s. This script will update all dependencies to the latest version and run cargo build to ensure that everything works. Note that you need

    command to run the script.

    If you are using SWC from JavaScript, please refer to docs on the website.

    Check out the documentation in the website.

    Excerpt from the swc-project/swc README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 9: +0

    +32 stars over 90 days across 8 snapshot days.

    Forks

    1.5K+6

    Open issues

    420+7

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