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@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider
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@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider
Babel helper to create your own polyfill provider
@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider
Install
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider --dev
Other packages similar to @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider
@babel/preset-env
Similar to @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider, @babel/preset-env is a Babel preset that allows you to specify a target environment and automatically determines the Babel plugins and polyfills you need. While @babel/preset-env is more comprehensive and widely used for setting up Babel configurations, @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider offers more granular control over polyfill definitions.
core-js
Core-js is a modular standard library for JavaScript, including polyfills for ECMAScript up to 2021. It can be used directly or through @babel/preset-env. Unlike @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider, which is a helper tool for defining polyfill providers, core-js provides actual implementations of polyfills and is often used as the underlying library for polyfilling in many environments.
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Babel helper to create your own polyfill provider
The npm package @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider receives a total of 11,221,213 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 27 Jun 2025
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