# TypeScript

Programming language that adds static types to JavaScript, with a compiler (tsc) that converts its code to JavaScript.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
- repository: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript
- docs: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/
- x: https://twitter.com/TypeScript
- discord: https://discord.gg/typescript

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Microsoft Corporation
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: go
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 16
- 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: npm install typescript --save-dev

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 111648
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 365310692
- contributors: 342
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 192367
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2104747
- dependentPackages: 488056

### Sources

- urls: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.html (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/7.0.2 (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/7.0.2 (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.typescriptlang.org/download (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.typescriptlang.org/download (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.typescriptlang.org/download (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://www.typescriptlang.org/download (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript/releases?per_page=100&page=3 (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/TypeScript/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/typescript (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/typescript (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/typescript (read 2026-10-28)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

TypeScript is a programming language that adds static types to JavaScript. Its compiler, `tsc`, checks typed code and converts it to JavaScript, which runs wherever JavaScript runs. The compiler is installed per project from npm, and MSBuild projects can use a NuGet package or a Visual Studio extension instead. The npm package starts native binaries built for each platform, and its launcher still needs Node.js. Microsoft Corporation publishes the language and its source in the [TypeScript repository](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript).

## Worth knowing

The repository's README says code changes there are limited to a small category of fixes, and most bug fixes for the compiler go to the typescript-go repository.

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