Package
@swc/core
Super-fast alternative for babel
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 30m
- +150% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 2
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 20 days ago
- v1.16.2
- GitHub stars
- 34.2k
- 1.6k forks
- Open issues / PRs
- 367 / 57
- Contributors
- -
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 1,050
Downloads
Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
29,983,238 downloads last week, 145,623,252 in the last month. The 12-month change of +150% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 32575 in total
- Latest version
- 1.16.2, 4 Sept 202620 days ago
- First published
- 15 Feb 2019
- Last push to GitHub
- 24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
- Repository archived
- No
- Open issues
- 367
- Open pull requests
- 57
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 1,050
- Dependents on npm
- 1,784
Major versions
- v1 first release 1.0.12, 15 Feb 2019
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 1.16.2 | 4 Sept 2026 |
| 1.16.1 | 19 Aug 2026 |
| 1.16.0 | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 1.15.47 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| 1.15.46 | 19 Jul 2026 |
| 1.15.43 | 22 Jun 2026 |
| 1.15.41 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| 1.15.40 | 23 May 2026 |
| 1.15.33 | 2 May 2026 |
| 1.15.32 | 27 Apr 2026 |
| 1.15.30 | 19 Apr 2026 |
| 1.15.26 | 14 Apr 2026 |
| 1.15.24 | 4 Apr 2026 |
| 1.15.21 | 22 Mar 2026 |
- Module format
- CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
- TypeScript types
- Bundled
- Node.js engine range
- >=10
- Runtimes
- -
- Unpacked size (npm)
- 131 kB
- Dependencies (2)
@swc/types@swc/counter- Peer dependencies (1)
@swc/helpers
npm install @swc/core- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@swc/core@1.16.2/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/@swc/core@1.16.2/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/@swc/core@1.16.2
| Package | Weekly downloads | Gzip | Last release | Module | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binaryen | 610.4k | - | 1 month ago | ESM only | - |
| turbo-ignore | 1.1m | - | today | - | - |
| sherif | 317.7k | - | 2 months ago | - | @swc/core vs sherif |
| @babel/core | 136.8m | - | 6 days ago | ESM only | - |
| babel-core | 6.1m | - | 8 years ago | - | - |
| @babel/types | 182.9m | - | 6 days ago | ESM only | - |
| @babel/generator | 154.5m | - | 6 days ago | ESM only | - |
| @babel/template | 144m | - | 3 months ago | ESM only | - |
Indexability: Indexed.