@babel/register

@babel/register

babel require hook

See our website @babel/register for more information or the issues associated with this package.

Install

Using npm:

npm install --save-dev @babel/register

or using yarn:

yarn add @babel/register --dev

Changelog

v7.28.3 (2025-08-14)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliance

• babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-transform-class-static-block, babel-preset-env
  • #17443 [static blocks] Do not inject new static fields after static code (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-parser
  • #17465 fix(parser/typescript): parse import("./a", {with:{},}) (@easrng)
  • #17478 fix(parser): stop subscript parsing on async arrow (@JLHwung)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-plugin-transform-regenerator, babel-plugin-transform-runtime
  • #17363 Do not save last yield in call in temp var (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:memo: Documentation

• #17448 move eslint-{parser,plugin} docs to the website (@JLHwung)

:house: Internal

• #17454 Enable type checking for scripts and babel-worker.cjs (@JLHwung)

:microscope: Output optimization

• babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions
  • #17444 Optimize do expression output (@JLHwung)

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