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TypeScript

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

TypeScript is an open-source programming language project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 112k stars. It is built with Go. Its last push was today.

Stars
112k
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
v7.0.2

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
The TypeScript language and compiler, a typed superset of JavaScript; version 7 is the native compiler rewritten in Go.
Adopt it when
You write JavaScript projects of any size and want static types and better editor tooling.
Watch out
Moving to the Go-based version 7 can affect tools that relied on the old JavaScript compiler API.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Command line
Built with
Go and TypeScript
How established
Established: started 12 years ago, latest release v7.0.2.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Go

Follow it down: TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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