# @babel/core

> Babel compiler core.

Latest version **8.0.6** (published 2026-09-18) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @babel/core
pnpm add @babel/core
yarn add @babel/core
bun add @babel/core
```

## Health

**Score 73/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types package; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 8.0.6 |
| Published | 2026-09-18 |
| First published | 2017-10-30 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/babel__core) |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | ^22.18.0 \|\| >=24.11.0 |
| Dependencies | 16 |
| Unpacked size | 163.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 44017 |
| Author | The Babel Team (https://babel.dev/team) |
| Maintainers | hzoo, existentialism, nicolo-ribaudo, jlhwung |
| Keywords | 6to5, babel, classes, const, es6, harmony, let, modules, transpile, transpiler, var, babel-core, compiler |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babel/core
- Repository: https://github.com/babel/babel
- Homepage: https://babel.dev/docs/en/next/babel-core
- Issues: https://github.com/babel/babel/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22pkg%3A%20core%22+is%3Aopen
- Funding: https://opencollective.com/babel
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@babel/core

## Dependencies (16)

- [obug](https://npm.io/package/obug.md) ^2.1.1
- [json5](https://npm.io/package/json5.md) ^2.2.3
- [verkit](https://npm.io/package/verkit.md) ^0.3.2
- [gensync](https://npm.io/package/gensync.md) ^1.0.0-beta.2
- [empathic](https://npm.io/package/empathic.md) ^2.0.1
- [@babel/types](https://npm.io/package/@babel/types.md) ^8.0.6
- [@babel/parser](https://npm.io/package/@babel/parser.md) ^8.0.6
- [@babel/helpers](https://npm.io/package/@babel/helpers.md) ^8.0.5
- [@types/gensync](https://npm.io/package/@types/gensync.md) ^1.0.5
- [@babel/template](https://npm.io/package/@babel/template.md) ^8.0.0
- [@babel/traverse](https://npm.io/package/@babel/traverse.md) ^8.0.6
- [@babel/generator](https://npm.io/package/@babel/generator.md) ^8.0.6
- [@babel/code-frame](https://npm.io/package/@babel/code-frame.md) ^8.0.6
- [convert-source-map](https://npm.io/package/convert-source-map.md) ^2.0.0
- [import-meta-resolve](https://npm.io/package/import-meta-resolve.md) ^4.2.0
- [@babel/helper-compilation-targets](https://npm.io/package/@babel/helper-compilation-targets.md) ^8.0.6

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## Recent versions

- 8.0.6 (latest) — 2026-09-18
- 8.0.0-rc.6 (next) — 2026-05-25
- 7.21.4-esm.4 (esm) — 2023-04-04
- 6.0.0-bridge.1 (bridge6) — 2018-08-24
- 8.0.5 — 2026-09-10
- 8.0.1 — 2026-06-17
- 8.0.0 — 2026-06-16
- 7.29.7 — 2026-05-25
- 7.29.6 — 2026-05-25
- 8.0.0-rc.5 — 2026-05-12
- 8.0.0-rc.4 — 2026-04-29
- 8.0.0-rc.3 — 2026-03-16
- 8.0.0-rc.2 — 2026-02-15
- 8.0.0-rc.1 — 2026-01-31
- 7.29.0 — 2026-01-31
- … 216 more at https://npm.io/package/@babel/core/versions

## README

# @babel/core

> Babel compiler core.

See our website [@babel/core](https://babeljs.io/docs/babel-core) for more information or the [issues](https://github.com/babel/babel/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22pkg%3A%20core%22+is%3Aopen) associated with this package.

## Install

Using npm:

```sh
npm install --save-dev @babel/core
```

or using yarn:

```sh
yarn add @babel/core --dev
```

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