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SWC

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"Speedy Web Compiler" — Rust-based TypeScript/JavaScript compiler by Donny Wong (2017). 20× faster than Babel.

Drop-in replacement for Babel + Terser in many flows. Powers Next.js (since v12, 2021), Deno, Parcel 2, Rspack. Plugin API in Rust or WebAssembly. JIT-compiles TS/JSX → ES5/ES2020 + minifies + bundles.

Competitor: esbuild (Go-written, faster on some workloads), tsc (TypeScript official, more correct but slow), Sucrase (specialised).

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