sucrasev3.35.1, 19 Nov 2025
Super-fast alternative to Babel for when you can target modern JS runtimes
$ npm install sucrase| Metric | sucrase | assemblyscript | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 35,632,108 | 124,967 | sucrase 285.1x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +152% | +127% | sucrase +25 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 7 | 2 | sucrase 5 more |
| Unpacked size | 1.1 MB | 7.5 MB | sucrase 6.9x smaller |
| Latest release | 3.35.1, 19 Nov 2025 | 0.28.20, - | - |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 | - | - |
| First published | 3 Oct 2017 | - | - |
| GitHub stars | 5,875 | 18,027 | assemblyscript 3.1x higher |
| Open issues | 69 | 180 | assemblyscript 111 more |
| Open pull requests | 11 | 23 | assemblyscript 12 more |
| Contributors | 39 | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 2 | 31 | assemblyscript 15.5x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Differs |
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
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Major versions
- 1.0.03 Oct 2017
- 2.0.028 Apr 2018
- 3.0.011 Jun 2018
Last 5 releases
- 3.35.119 Nov 2025
- 3.35.022 Dec 2023
- 3.34.019 Jul 2023
- 3.33.014 Jul 2023
- 3.32.09 Apr 2023
83 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months
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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
Each line is generated from the data above.
sucrase: sucrase npm registry, sucrase npm downloads, sucrase GitHub, sucrase jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
assemblyscript: assemblyscript npm registry, assemblyscript npm downloads, assemblyscript GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.