# tsgo

16 Hacker News commenters recommended tsgo and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Fast Go-based port of the TypeScript compiler that people switch to for big speedups over tsc. Common caveat: crashes, high memory use, and speedups smaller than promised.

## Why people recommend it

- Much faster type checking and builds (5 comments): "Been using experimental tsgo in VSCode for several weeks and it's night and day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46564561)) "has dramatically lowered our type checking latency" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46427038)) "it's well worth the 10x speed increase" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067130))
- Drop-in replacement for tsc (2 comments): "`tsc` can be replaced with `tsgo`." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859337)) "it just works (10x faster)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46564580))
- Benefits inherited from Go (2 comments): "tsgo will inherit many benefits from go, even if it is never fully "idiomatic"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48135415)) "That's why TypeScript's tsgo native port is so good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48135244))

## What people warn about

- Random crashes in editor (2 comments): "had many random crashes, the speedup made it worth it though" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48595223)) "The tsgo and oxlint LSP servers kept crashing, which was frustrating." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47960850))
- Speedup smaller than promised (2 comments): "the benefits are there, but not as dramatic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48486208)) "That's a lot less that what TSGO promised when it was first announced" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46240144))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Scriptc by Vercel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scriptc.md): 12 recommend
- [Perry TypeScript compiler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/perry.md): 11 recommend
- [tsz](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tsz.md): 6 recommend
- [tsc-ts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tsc-ts.md): 6 recommend
- [TypeScript compiler (tsc)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tsc.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "tsgo", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tsgo/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).