The best transpilers, according to hackers
6 transpilers recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
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- T-RubyAdds TypeScript-style static types to Ruby, transpiling to RBS, and people praise the idea and the documentation. Common caveat: the playground and compiler sometimes report no errors.11recommend
- EurydiceFree Rust to C compiler that outputs readable C and can link shared and static executables. Main caveat: it adds an extra translation step to deal with.8recommend
- crustcTranslates the Rust compiler into C for porting to C-only targets. Critics say the generated C is more artifact than source.8recommend
- Scala.jsLets people write frontend code in Scala and is free and fun to use, though code sharing with GHCJS is thinner.7recommend
- TeaVMCompiles Java bytecode to JavaScript or WebAssembly so Java code can run in the browser, with tree-shaking and minification that keep output lean.7recommend
- C2RustRecommended for converting a C codebase to Rust that builds with the Rust toolchain and matches the original's behavior. Caveat: output is verbose, heavily unsafe, and hard to work on.6recommend