# SWC

Rust-based platform that compiles, bundles and minifies JavaScript and TypeScript, with npm packages for its JavaScript APIs.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://swc.rs/
- repository: https://github.com/swc-project/swc
- docs: https://swc.rs/docs/getting-started
- discord: https://discord.gg/GnHbXTdZz6
- forum: https://github.com/swc-project/swc/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: SWC contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2019
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: rust
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: node 10
- 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

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 34203
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 53598249
- contributors: 374
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 69112
- dependentPackages: 7514

### Sources

- urls: https://swc.rs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/swc-project/swc (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://swc.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://swc.rs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://swc.rs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/swc-project/swc (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@swc/core/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/swc-project/swc (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swc-project/swc/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://swc.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://swc.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://swc.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://swc.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://swc.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@swc/core (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/swc-project/swc/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/swc-project/swc/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swc-project/swc/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://swc.rs/docs/usage/swc-loader (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/swc-project/swc (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/swc-project/swc/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@swc/core (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40swc%2Fcore (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40swc%2Fcore (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

SWC is a Rust-based platform that compiles JavaScript and TypeScript and bundles them. It is used from JavaScript through two npm packages: the command-line package @swc/cli and the core package @swc/core, which the install guide adds as development dependencies. The documentation presents the command-line tool as a drop-in replacement for Babel's, and it has a migration guide from the TypeScript compiler.

## Worth knowing

The bundling configuration page states that the bundling feature will be dropped in a later major version, in favor of other bundlers, so a project that depends on SWC's bundling should check that page first.

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