# esno

> Node.js runtime enhanced with esbuild for loading TypeScript & ESM

Latest version **4.8.0** (published 2024-09-29) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install esno
pnpm add esno
yarn add esno
bun add esno
```

Provides the command `esno`.

## Health

**Score 20/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: esm support; no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.8.0 |
| Published | 2024-09-29 |
| First published | 2020-08-05 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 2.6 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1603 |
| Author | Anthony Fu |
| Maintainers | antfu |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/esno
- Repository: https://github.com/esbuild-kit/esno
- Homepage: https://github.com/esbuild-kit/esno#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/esbuild-kit/esno/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/esno

## Dependencies (1)

- [tsx](https://npm.io/package/tsx.md) ^4.19.1

## Recent versions

- 4.8.0 (latest) — 2024-09-29
- 4.7.0 — 2024-03-03
- 4.0.0 — 2023-11-11
- 0.17.0 — 2023-07-12
- 0.16.3 — 2022-05-18
- 0.16.2 — 2022-05-18
- 0.16.1 — 2022-05-18
- 0.15.0 — 2022-05-12
- 0.14.1 — 2022-02-07
- 0.14.0 — 2022-01-14
- 0.13.0 — 2021-12-13
- 0.12.1 — 2021-11-18
- 0.12.0 — 2021-11-09
- 0.11.0 — 2021-11-03
- 0.10.1 — 2021-10-04
- … 31 more at https://npm.io/package/esno/versions

## README

<h1 align='center'>
<samp>esno</samp>
</h1>

<p align='center'>
  <samp>Node.js runtime enhanced with esbuild for loading TypeScript & ESM</samp>
<br>
<br>
<a href='https://www.npmjs.com/package/esno'>
<img src='https://img.shields.io/npm/v/esno?color=333&labelColor=555&style=flat-square' alt='version'/>
</a>
</p>

From v0.15, `esno` is essentially an alias of [`tsx`](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx), with automated CJS/ESM mode and caching.

> Issues are disabled in this repo, they should be report in [esbuild-kit/tsx](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx) instead.

## Usage

```bash
npx esno hello.ts
```

#### Install globally

```bash
npm i -g esno

esno index.ts
```

#### Install as dependency

```bash
npm i esno
```

```json
{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "esno index.ts"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "esno": "*"
  }
}
```

Learn more at [`tsx`](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx).

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