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24 alternatives to ts-blank-space – fast TypeScript type-stripper

We've built a new type-stripping compiler for TypeScript source: `ts-blank-space` It's: * 5.6x faster than `tsc` due to zero-codegen * Written in TypeScript * Uses the official TypeScript parser * Accurate/preserved source locations * In used in production It uses the same novel approach that inspired Node 22.6.0's `--experimental-strip-types` functionality, released last month

ts-blank-space is a TypeScript type-stripping compiler that removes type annotations from TypeScript code without generating new code. Written in TypeScript and using the official TypeScript parser, it runs 5.6x faster… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ts-blank-space – fast TypeScript type-stripper launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    🛫 Zero-codegen, no-compile TypeScript `type` inference from protobuf `message`s - nathanhleung/protobuf-ts-types

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Utilities for packing/unpacking fields in a bitstream - astronautlabs/bitstream

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations. - codemix/ts-sql

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ts-remove-unused is a command line tool for TypeScript projects that auto-fixes unused `export`s. It removes the export keyword from the declaration or the whole declaration based on its usage in the project. There are some similar tools but they are focused on "detecting" rather than "removing" so I've built one myself. I wanted a solution that's as minimal as possible; config files to specify the files in your project shouldn't be necessary because that info should be already configured in tsconfig.json. All you need to do is to specify your entrypoint file. Feedback is much appreciated!

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Create and share simple web demos using TypeScript, CSS, and HTML. Prototype new ideas quickly.

    2017 · codewich.com · its alternatives →

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    Show HN: Tiptap Editor 3.0 Beta is out. Hi HN! Philip here from Tiptap (https://tiptap.dev/). We're excited to announce Tiptap 3.0 Beta, a major upgrade built with and for the open source community. It's still extension-based, still unopinionated, but we've tackled some of the biggest developer headaches: Enhanced TypeScript support: Strong typing for extension storage and config options. Server-side compatibility: Manipulate editor content on the server, no DOM required. JSX support: Leverage a modern, React/Vue-like approach to describing your node output. Expanded…

    2025 · tiptap.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I’m sharing ts-chan, an NPM package providing Go-like concurrency primitives, including channels and select statements, for TypeScript and JavaScript, supporting Node.js, Deno, Bun, and browsers. This is something I've built to make implementing Go-style "control loops" feasible in JavaScript, but there are many possible applications. Highlights: - Features a FIFO processing Chan class and versatile Select class for concurrency control. - Supports buffered channel and channel close semantics very close to Go's. - TypeScript-first implementation. - Defines a simple "channel protocol"…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    This TypeScript package allows you to safely execute JavaScript code within a WebAssembly sandbox using the QuickJS engine. Perfect for isolating and running untrusted code securely, it leverages the lightweight and fast QuickJS engine compiled to WebAssembly, providing a robust environment for code execution. Features - *Security*: Run untrusted JavaScript code in a safe, isolated environment. - *File System*: Can mount a virtual file system - *Custom Node Modules*: Custom node modules are mountable - *Fetch Client*: Can provide a fetch client to make http(s) calls - *Test-Runner*: Includes…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, Oxidase is my experiment to build a TypeScript transpiler that works like ts-blank-space[0] and Node.js' built-in type stripping[1], but also supports enums and namespaces. I've tried some optimizations on it and am surprised to find that it's now as fast as oxc, the TypeScript parser it's based on. Check the link for the benchmark results and details on how I make this possible if you are interested. The name pays homage to oxc (same prefix) and sucrase[2] (name for another type of enzyme), where I borrowed the idea of no AST allocation optimization. [0]…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🔳 when you need more __space__. Quick margin/padding for your no-code tools. - actuallyakash/spacers

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    We've been building Crust (https://crustjs.com/), a TypeScript-first, Bun-native CLI framework with zero dependencies. It's been powering our core product internally for a while, and we're now open-sourcing it. The problem we kept running into: existing CLI frameworks in the JS ecosystem are either minimal arg parsers where you wire everything yourself, or heavyweight frameworks with large dependency trees and Node-era assumptions. We wanted something in between. What Crust does differently: - Full type inference from definitions — args and flags are inferred automatically. No…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I built Typebase, a library that gives you Convex's DX with Supabase's openness. After trying Supabase I liked how fast it is to spin up a DB and auth, but really didn't like using RLS and SQL for authorization. With Convex I loved how your server "lives" in your code, but disliked the DB model and the realtime-first defaults. With Typebase you just write TS files inside a typebase/ folder in your existing repo. You can define your DB tables inside a schema.ts file and export server functions that your frontend calls like local functions, fully typed. Auth is built in. Then one…

    Aug 2026 · typebase.io · its alternatives →

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    Initially I started building this for my own projects. The main goal was to define a unified "blueprint" allowing me to develop multi-platform apps using the same code, without code generation. I wanted to be able to develop the same functionality on web, desktop, cli, server, mobile, whatever... I've been able to achieve this by relying on TypeScript, a 4-layer architecture (UseCase => App => Product => Target) and dependency injection. This mechanism allows me to use whatever tech stack I want, provided the good adapters are developed. For instance, I have pre-built ones : node express…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Transcrypt Python to JavaScript compiler makes it possible to program lean and fast browser applications in Python. Transcrypt applications can use any JavaScript library and can also run on top of Node.js or be used in combination with Django.

    2016 · transcrypt.org · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN - Peter from DBOS here with my co-founder Qian (qianl_cs) Today we want to share our TypeScript library for lightweight durable execution. We’ve been working on it since last year and recently released v2.0 with a ton of new features and major API overhaul. https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-ts Durable execution means persisting the execution state of your program while it runs, so if it is ever interrupted or crashes, it automatically resumes from where it left off. Durable execution is useful for a lot of things: - Orchestrating long-running or…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    As a developer of typia, have to alive in the new typescript-go era, I made a new toolchain for tsgo. Making the ttsc, I understood that the new plugin toolchain system can dramatically reduce lint rule checking time by integrating into the typescript-go. So made `@ttsc/lint`, and its time is 600x to 1600x faster than eslint. From now on, when you compile TypeScript, lint violations would be caught in the same time. No more need to run both `tsgo` and `eslint` independently. > This repository is not v1 yet because the typescript-go has not been released yet, but if you wanna experience…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Run TypeScript snippets directly in Chrome DevTools

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    :wrench: Scala datamodel transpiler. Contribute to scala-ts/scala-ts development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi Hacker News! My name is Sagar, I’m working on a startup called Speakeasy - we’re making all APIs self-service. The platform is currently in beta, but we’re independently launching this tool which you can use to generate language-idiomatic, statically-typed TS SDKs from any public OpenAPI schemas. We hope to continue iterating on this to give devs a way to easily generate high fidelity client SDKs for all the major languages. Inspiration for this product is from past experiences struggling with OpenAPI. I was originally optimistic about using the OpenAPI tools to build out our offering,…

    2022 · easysdk.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Took a stab at building my own string diffing JS package. I built an interactive demo for TypeIt’s website (https://typeitjs.com/build-your-own) a while back. The approach I took to handle user input necessitated a way to calculate the difference between the versions of a user’s text input. I searched around for a package to help me out and found a couple of good ones (like fast-diff), but I either didn’t really like their API or didn’t want to take on a huge new dependency. Instead, I thought I’d give it a shot myself (famous last words). I dove into it having no real formal…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    This is a simple Pastebin clone I made using the Deno Typescript runtime. I created a simple templating system, and implemented server-side rendering for the UI. Demo: https://paste.jlcarveth.dev/

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a cli tool that gets you started with TypeScript development with zero config. Initially created to solve my own problem but thought it might be useful for others as well. - SWC compiler - TypeScript type check support - Live reload support - .env file support - Path alias support - Typescript script runner - REPL support Please tell me I am not going down a rabbit hole.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey everyone! Over the past two years I threw myself back into full-time engineering with a simple goal: write code that gives back to the community. After a lot of late-night FOMO (“AI will do it all for us, right?”) and some painful production incidents, I finally turned my weekend project into an open-source library. [ What is Solidis? ] - Super-light (< 30 KB) RESP2&#x2F;RESP3 client with zero runtime deps and first-class ESM&#x2F;CJS support. - Fully tree-shakable – import only the commands you need. - Written with SOLID principles & full TypeScript typings for every command. - Designed…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The from-scratch guide to building large language models in NodeJS.

    9d ago · book.humanexperiences.io · its alternatives →

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