Getting Started

Installation#

The easiest way to try SWC is using the Playground.

Otherwise, run the following to download pre-built binaries:

npm i -D @swc/cli @swc/core

Then, you can transpile your first file and emit to stdout:

npx swc ./file.js

Supported Binaries#

SWC can be downloaded and used as a pre-built binary, or built from source. Currently, the following binaries are provided:

• Mac (Apple Silicon)
• Mac (x64)
• Linux (x86_64)
• Linux (aarch64)
• Linux (armv7)
• Alpine Linux (also install @swc/core-linux-musl)
• Android (aarch64)
• Windows (win32-x64)
• Windows (ia32)