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@babel/plugin-syntax-flow
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@babel/plugin-syntax-flow
Allow parsing of the flow syntax
See our website @babel/plugin-syntax-flow for more information.
Install
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-syntax-flow
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/plugin-syntax-flow --dev
Other packages similar to @babel/plugin-syntax-flow
@babel/preset-flow
Similar to @babel/plugin-syntax-flow, but as a preset, it includes not only the syntax plugin but also plugins for transforming Flow annotations. This makes it a more comprehensive solution for projects using Flow.
flow-bin
While not a Babel plugin, flow-bin is the official Flow CLI that can be used for type checking Flow-typed JavaScript files. It serves a different purpose by providing the type checking itself, whereas @babel/plugin-syntax-flow only enables Babel to parse Flow syntax.
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds static types. It serves a similar purpose to Flow but is a different ecosystem. TypeScript has its own compiler and Babel can be configured to strip TypeScript types, similar to how @babel/plugin-syntax-flow works for Flow.
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Allow parsing of the flow syntax
The npm package @babel/plugin-syntax-flow receives a total of 14,393,087 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/plugin-syntax-flow popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/plugin-syntax-flow 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 25 May 2026
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