Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Lebab

Lebab modernizes your JS code. (The opposite of Babel!)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lebab launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Lebeb▲5
Modernizes JavaScript code! ES5 to ES6 transpiler.
2016 · its alternatives →
2II
Imba – I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web▲1,216
Hey all My name is Sindre, and I am the CTO of Scrimba (YC S20). For the last 7 years, I have written all my web apps in a full-stack programming language called Imba. It compiles to JavaScript and its main goal is to make web developers more productive. I just launched a major overhaul of Imba, so I wanted to share it here on HN, in case anyone are interested in learning more about it. It is very opinionated, so some of you might not like it, but I would love to hear anyones feedback regardless. Constructive criticism appreciated! The backstory: Imba initially started in 2012 as an effort…
2021 · its alternatives →
3DC
Decaffeinate converts CoffeeScript projects to modern JS▲361
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
4TJ
Total.js – Low-code development (Node-RED alternative)▲216
2023 · totaljs.com · its alternatives →
5
toddle▲380
Build professional web apps with no code and no limits
2023 · its alternatives →
6
hasty.dev▲146
A JS Perfomance Tool
2021 · its alternatives →
7S2
Sucrase, 20x faster smaller-scoped alternative to Babel▲88
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
Jsblocks▲97
Faster than AngularJS and ReactJS. Better MV-ish Framework.
2015 · its alternatives →
9入R
入(rù-lang) – Clojurized JavaScript▲51
2015 · ru-lang.org · its alternatives →
10JA
JWEB (a modern implementation of the CWEB Literate Programming system)▲40
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
11NJ
Noodel.js – User interface for beautiful, dynamic content trees▲33
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
12RM
Raw.macro – Webpack raw-loader implemented as babel-plugin-macros▲9
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
13JI
JSDB.io - A collection of the best JS libraries for front-end dev▲8
2013 · jsdb.io · its alternatives →
14
DevTools▲18
Collection of free online tools to help in web development
2025 · onlinewebdevtools.com · its alternatives →
15WB
Web-based CoffeeScript REPL/console▲36
2012 · larryng.github.com · its alternatives →
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JsGlobe▲1
Hundreds of free tools for developers, creators - OpenSource
28d ago · jsglobe.com · its alternatives →
17
Utoolslib▲8
A Library of Utility Tools
Nov 2025 · utoolslib.com · its alternatives →
18
Imba 2.0 – The JavaScript Alternative by Scrimba (YC S20)▲20
Imba is a programming language for building web applications with insane performance. You can use it both for the server and client.
2021 · imba.io · its alternatives →
19
BabelShark▲15
Rapid localization of websites and HTML mobile apps
2025 · babelshark.net · its alternatives →
20
Plain.js▲4
fast and lite JS tools, to drop jQuery and its cousins
2017 · its alternatives →
21
Modern DevTools▲18
A video & text based course for Chrome DevTools
2018 · its alternatives →
22
NicheUtils: 40+ Free Dev Tools ▲9
40+ dev tools that run 100% in your browser - no servers
2025 · nicheutils.com · its alternatives →
23WB
Web-based Babel alternative for React/JSX (ultra-fast and tiny 5.1 kB)▲5
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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JS.coach▲10
An opinionated catalog of open source JS packages
2016 · its alternatives →

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