# Babel

JavaScript compiler that rewrites next-generation JavaScript into code that runs in the browsers and runtimes a project targets.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/babel/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://babel.dev
- repository: https://github.com/babel/babel
- docs: https://babel.dev/docs
- x: https://x.com/babeljs
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/babel.dev
- forum: https://github.com/babel/babel/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sebastian McKenzie and other contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/cli @babel/preset-env

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 44052
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 227357072
- contributors: 413
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 3617515
- dependentPackages: 197540

### Sources

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- installMethod: https://babel.dev/docs/usage (read 2026-10-28)
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- runsAs: https://babel.dev/docs/usage (read 2026-10-28)
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- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/6to5 (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/babel/babel/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/babel/babel/releases (read 2026-10-28)
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## Notes

Babel is a JavaScript compiler. It takes code written with newer JavaScript syntax and emits code for the environments a project targets. The usage guide keeps the configuration, including the presets, in a babel.config file in the project root.

The project publishes its modules as packages under the @babel scope. @babel/core is the package the install docs list first, and @babel/cli compiles a source directory to an output directory from a terminal. The setup docs list integrations with build systems, test frameworks and template engines.

## Worth knowing

The current major declares a higher minimum Node.js version than the earlier major did.

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