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sucrase vs assemblyscript

TypeScript toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
sucrasev3.35.1, 19 Nov 2025

Super-fast alternative to Babel for when you can target modern JS runtimes

$ npm install sucrase

A TypeScript-like language for WebAssembly.

$ npm install assemblyscript
MetricsucraseassemblyscriptDifference
Weekly downloads35,632,108124,967sucrase 285.1x higher
12-month download growth+152%+127%sucrase +25 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies72sucrase 5 more
Unpacked size1.1 MB7.5 MBsucrase 6.9x smaller
Latest release3.35.1, 19 Nov 20250.28.20, --
Releases, last 12 months1--
First published3 Oct 2017--
GitHub stars5,87518,027assemblyscript 3.1x higher
Open issues69180assemblyscript 111 more
Open pull requests1123assemblyscript 12 more
Contributors39--
Commits, last 52 weeks231assemblyscript 15.5x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITApache-2.0Differs

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

sucrase35.6m latest weekassemblyscript125k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

sucrase

Major versions
  1. 1.0.03 Oct 2017
  2. 2.0.028 Apr 2018
  3. 3.0.011 Jun 2018
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.35.119 Nov 2025
  2. 3.35.022 Dec 2023
  3. 3.34.019 Jul 2023
  4. 3.33.014 Jul 2023
  5. 3.32.09 Apr 2023
83 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months

assemblyscript

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
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  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementsucrase: >=16 || 14 >=14.17; assemblyscript: >=20 (engines field in package.json)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadssucrase (35.6m vs 125k)
  • Licensesucrase: MIT; assemblyscript: Apache-2.0

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