tsc-ts
Shares rank 4 of 6 TypeScript compilers by recommenders
Compiler for TypeScript written in TypeScript; commenters report it runs faster than the official Go-based compiler. Caveats: rough edges and limited testing so far.
Compiler for TypeScript written in TypeScript; commenters report it runs faster than the official Go-based compiler. Caveats: rough edges and limited testing so far.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Faster than the Go version
“all being much faster than the Go version should be a wake up call for the TypeScript team”
Comment from 17 Oct 2026 in “Tsc-ts: TypeScript written in TypeScript” “it's faster than the Go version, which is very surprising, and super impressive!”
Comment from 17 Oct 2026 in “Tsc-ts: TypeScript written in TypeScript” “I tried and it is 2 to 3x faster than the native Go version.”
Comment from 17 Oct 2026 in “Tsc-ts: TypeScript written in TypeScript” - Comment from 17 Oct 2026 in “Tsc-ts: TypeScript written in TypeScript”
Other TypeScript compilers people recommend
The four most recommended other TypeScript compilers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tsgo | 16 | 3 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Scriptc by Vercel | 12 | 21 | 36% | 2 | — | — |
| Perry TypeScript compiler | 11 | 15 | 42% | 4 | — | — |
| tsc-tsThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| tsz | 6 | 3 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it works great actually, even though there are some rough edges”
“I'd wait a bit before I got too excited. That it seems to have held up to some other commenter's testing”
“If "scriptc" is so invasive it makes Typescript no longer even a garbage collected language then it really isn't Typescript anymore.”
“tsc-ts is faster and still written in TypeScript”
“all being much faster than the Go version should be a wake up call for the TypeScript team”
“it's faster than the Go version, which is very surprising, and super impressive!”
“I tried and it is 2 to 3x faster than the native Go version.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.