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Comparison of Node.js TypeScript runtimes
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Comparison of Node.js TypeScript runtimes
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/privatenumber/ts-runtime-comparison
Owner: privatenumber
Created: 2022-06-09T05:03:58.000Z (over 2 years ago)
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        # TypeScript runtime comparisons

Comparison of Node.js TypeScript runtimes.

> **Disclaimer:** This comparison is by the author & maintainer of [tsx]

## Compared runtimes

- [tsx]

- [@swc/register]

- [esbuild-runner]

- [jiti]

- [sucrase]

- [ts-node]

- [tsm]

## Methodology

- Tested on Node.js v12.20.0 because they all support it, and the `node:` prefix is not supported in `require()`

- Tested in both [package types](https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#type) `commonjs` & `module` when applicable

### Symbols

| Symbol | Description |

| :----: | ----------- |

| ✅      | Pass (Sometimes clickable) |

| ❌      | Fail |

| ⛔️      | Error (Hover to see error message) |

## Project stats

|               |                                                                                   [tsx]                                                                                  |                                                                                   [@swc/register]                                                                                  |                                                                                  [esbuild-runner]                                                                                  |                                                                            [jiti]                                                                            |                                                                                     [sucrase]                                                                                    |                                                                                    [ts-node]                                                                                   |                                                                              [tsm]                                                                             |

| :------------ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |

| npm downloads |                                             [![](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/tsx?label)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/tsx)                                            |                                        [![](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@swc/register?label)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@swc/register)                                       |                                       [![](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/esbuild-runner?label)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/esbuild-runner)                                      |                                      [![](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/jiti?label)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jiti)                                     |                                             [![](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/sucrase?label)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sucrase)                                            |                                            [![](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/ts-node?label)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ts-node)                                           |                                        [![](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/tsm?label)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/tsm)                                       |

| Install size  |                               [![](https://badgen.net/packagephobia/install/tsx?color=blue&label)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=tsx)                               |                          [![](https://badgen.net/packagephobia/install/@swc/register?color=blue&label)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=@swc/register)                          |                         [![](https://badgen.net/packagephobia/install/esbuild-runner?color=blue&label)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=esbuild-runner)                         |                        [![](https://badgen.net/packagephobia/install/jiti?color=blue&label)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=jiti)                        |                               [![](https://badgen.net/packagephobia/install/sucrase?color=blue&label)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=sucrase)                               |                              [![](https://badgen.net/packagephobia/install/ts-node?color=blue&label)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=ts-node)                              |                          [![](https://badgen.net/packagephobia/install/tsm?color=blue&label)](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=tsm)                          |

| GitHub stars  |                        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/esbuild-kit/tsx?color=gray&label)](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx/stargazers)                        |                        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/swc-project/register?color=gray&label)](https://github.com/swc-project/register/stargazers)                        |                        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/folke/esbuild-runner?color=gray&label)](https://github.com/folke/esbuild-runner/stargazers)                        |                        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/unjs/jiti?color=gray&label)](https://github.com/unjs/jiti/stargazers)                        |                        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/alangpierce/sucrase?color=gray&label)](https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase/stargazers)                        |                        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/TypeStrong/ts-node?color=gray&label)](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/stargazers)                        |                        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/lukeed/tsm?color=gray&label)](https://github.com/lukeed/tsm/stargazers)                        |

| Issues open   | [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/esbuild-kit/tsx?color=orange&label)](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc) | [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/swc-project/register?color=orange&label)](https://github.com/swc-project/register/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc) | [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/folke/esbuild-runner?color=orange&label)](https://github.com/folke/esbuild-runner/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc) | [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/unjs/jiti?color=orange&label)](https://github.com/unjs/jiti/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc) | [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/alangpierce/sucrase?color=orange&label)](https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc) | [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/TypeStrong/ts-node?color=orange&label)](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc) | [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/lukeed/tsm?color=orange&label)](https://github.com/lukeed/tsm/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc) |

| Issues closed |        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/esbuild-kit/tsx?color=blue&label)](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)       |        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/swc-project/register?color=blue&label)](https://github.com/swc-project/register/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)       |        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/folke/esbuild-runner?color=blue&label)](https://github.com/folke/esbuild-runner/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)       |        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/unjs/jiti?color=blue&label)](https://github.com/unjs/jiti/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)       |        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/alangpierce/sucrase?color=blue&label)](https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)       |        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/TypeStrong/ts-node?color=blue&label)](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)       |        [![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-closed-raw/lukeed/tsm?color=blue&label)](https://github.com/lukeed/tsm/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed)       |

| Last commit   |                                                   ![](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/esbuild-kit/tsx?label)                                                   |                                                      ![](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/swc-project/register?label)                                                     |                                                      ![](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/folke/esbuild-runner?label)                                                     |                                                ![](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/unjs/jiti?label)                                                |                                                     ![](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/alangpierce/sucrase?label)                                                     |                                                     ![](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/TypeStrong/ts-node?label)                                                    |                                                 ![](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/lukeed/tsm?label)                                                |

## Transformation

Supported transformation features and code tranformation correctness.

#### Package type: CommonJS

|                                   | [tsx] | [@swc/register] | [esbuild-runner] | [jiti] | [sucrase] | [ts-node] | [tsm] |

| :-------------------------------- | :---: | :-------------: | :--------------: | :----: | :-------: | :-------: | :---: |

| TypeScript syntax                 |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| ESM → CJS: import/export syntax   |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| ESM → CJS: `import.meta.url` shim |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ✅   |     ❌     |     ❌     |   ❌   |

| CJS scope in `.js` file           |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| CJS scope in `.ts` file           |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| CJS scope in `.cjs` file          |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| CJS scope in `.cts` file          |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| No CJS scope in `.mjs` file       |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ❌   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| No CJS scope in `.mts` file       |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| Source maps                       |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

#### Package type: Module

|                             | [tsx] |                                                                 [@swc/register]                                                                 |                                                                 [esbuild-runner]                                                                | [jiti] |                                                                    [sucrase]                                                                    | [ts-node] | [tsm] |

| :-------------------------- | :---: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-------: | :---: |

| TypeScript syntax           |   ✅   |      ⛔️     |      ⛔️     |    ✅   |      ⛔️     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| CJS scope in `.cjs` file    |   ✅   |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |    ✅   |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| CJS scope in `.cts` file    |   ✅   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |    ✅   | ⛔️ |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| No CJS scope in `.js` file  |   ✅   |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |    ❌   |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| No CJS scope in `.ts` file  |   ✅   |  ⛔️  |  ⛔️  |    ❌   |  ⛔️  |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| No CJS scope in `.mjs` file |   ✅   |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |    ❌   |                                                                        ✅                                                                        |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| No CJS scope in `.mts` file |   ✅   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |    ❌   | ⛔️ |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| Source maps                 |   ✅   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |    ❌   | ⛔️ |     ✅     |   ✅   |

_* [CommonJS scope](https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#the-module-scope) (CJS scope) refers to having the following variables available in the module scope: `module`, `exports`, `require`, `__filename`, `__dirname`._

## Resolution

Whether `require()`/`import()` can resolve a given specifier.

#### `require()`

|                                                                                                          | [tsx] | [@swc/register] | [esbuild-runner] | [jiti] | [sucrase] | [ts-node] | [tsm] |

| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---: | :-------------: | :--------------: | :----: | :-------: | :-------: | :---: |

| `.ts` file                                                                                               |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| `.ts` file [via `.js`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html#new-file-extensions)   |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| `.ts` file without extension                                                                             |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| `index.ts` file via directory                                                                            |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| `.cts` file                                                                                              |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| `.cts` file [via `.cjs`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html#new-file-extensions) |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ✅     |   ❌   |

| `.mts` file                                                                                              |   ✅   |        ✅        |         ✅        |    ✅   |     ✅     |     ❌     |   ✅   |

| `.mts` file [via `.mjs`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html#new-file-extensions) |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ❌     |   ❌   |

| `node:` prefix                                                                                           |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ✅   |     ❌     |     ❌     |   ✅   |

| tsconfig.json [paths](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#paths)                                     |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ❌     |   ❌   |

#### `import()`

|                                                                                                          | [tsx] | [@swc/register] | [esbuild-runner] | [jiti] | [sucrase] | [ts-node] | [tsm] |

| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---: | :-------------: | :--------------: | :----: | :-------: | :-------: | :---: |

| `.ts` file                                                                                               |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| `.ts` file [via `.js`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html#new-file-extensions)   |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| `.ts` file without extension                                                                             |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ✅     |     ❌     |   ✅   |

| `index.ts` file via directory                                                                            |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ✅     |     ❌     |   ❌   |

| `.cts` file                                                                                              |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| `.cts` file [via `.cjs`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html#new-file-extensions) |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| `.mts` file                                                                                              |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ✅     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| `.mts` file [via `.mjs`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html#new-file-extensions) |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ✅     |   ✅   |

| tsconfig.json [paths](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#paths)                                     |   ✅   |        ❌        |         ❌        |    ❌   |     ❌     |     ❌     |   ❌   |

## Interoperability

Whether it can correctly load a file for interoperability.

#### Package type: CommonJS

|                                   | [tsx] |                                                            [@swc/register]                                                            |                                                            [esbuild-runner]                                                           |                                                                 [jiti]                                                                |                                                        [sucrase]                                                        |                                                        [ts-node]                                                        |                                                            [tsm]                                                           |

| :-------------------------------- | :---: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |

| require() `.js` file (ESM export) |   ✅   |                                     ⛔️                                    |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                            ✅                                                            |                               ⛔️                               |

| require() `.ts` file (ESM export) |   ✅   |                                     ⛔️                                    |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                            ✅                                                            |                               ⛔️                               |

| require() `.cjs` file             |   ✅   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                              ✅                                                             |

| require() `.cts` file             |   ✅   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                              ✅                                                             |

| require() `.mjs` file             |   ✅   |                                     ⛔️                                    |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |

| require() `.mts` file             |   ✅   |                                     ⛔️                                    |                                     ⛔️                                    |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                              ⛔️                             | ⛔️ |                               ⛔️                               |

| import() `.js` file (ESM export)  |   ✅   |                                     ⛔️                                    |                                                                   ❌                                                                   |                                     ⛔️                                    |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                            ❌                                                            |                               ⛔️                               |

| import() `.ts` file (ESM export)  |   ✅   |   ⛔️  |   ⛔️  |   ⛔️  |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                            ❌                                                            |                                                              ✅                                                             |

| import() `.cjs` file              |   ✅   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                            ❌                                                            |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                              ✅                                                             |

| import() `.cts` file              |   ✅   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |                                                            ❌                                                            |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                              ✅                                                             |

| import() `.mjs` file              |   ✅   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   |                                                                   ✅                                                                   | ⛔️ |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                              ✅                                                             |

| import() `.mts` file              |   ✅   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |                              ⛔️                             |                                                            ✅                                                            |                                                              ✅                                                             |

#### Package type: Module

|                                   | [tsx] |                                                           [@swc/register]                                                           |                                                           [esbuild-runner]                                                          |                                                         [jiti]                                                        |                                                              [sucrase]                                                              |                                                       [ts-node]                                                       |                                                                                                                [tsm]                                                                                                                |

| :-------------------------------- | :---: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |

| require() `.js` file (ESM export) |   ✅   |         ⛔️        |         ⛔️        |  ⛔️ |         ⛔️        |  ⛔️ | ⛔️ |

| require() `.ts` file (ESM export) |   ✅   |                                    ⛔️                                   |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                             ⛔️                            |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |  ⛔️  |                                                                                    ⛔️                                                                                   |

| require() `.cjs` file             |   ✅   |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

| require() `.cts` file             |   ✅   |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

| require() `.mjs` file             |   ✅   |                                    ⛔️                                   |                                                                  ✅                                                                  | ⛔️ |        ⛔️        | ⛔️ |                                                       ⛔️                                                      |

| require() `.mts` file             |   ✅   |                                    ⛔️                                   |                                    ⛔️                                   |                             ⛔️                            |                                    ⛔️                                   | ⛔️ |                                                                                    ⛔️                                                                                   |

| import() `.js` file (ESM export)  |   ✅   |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

| import() `.ts` file (ESM export)  |   ✅   |   ⛔️  |   ⛔️  |                                                           ✅                                                           |   ⛔️  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

| import() `.cjs` file              |   ✅   |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ❌                                                           |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

| import() `.cts` file              |   ✅   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |                                                           ❌                                                           | ⛔️ |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

| import() `.mjs` file              |   ✅   |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                  ✅                                                                  |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

| import() `.mts` file              |   ✅   | ⛔️ | ⛔️ |                                                           ✅                                                           | ⛔️ |                                                           ✅                                                           |                                                                                                                  ✅                                                                                                                  |

## Performance features

|            |                            [tsx]                           |                                                [@swc/register]                                                |                                                    [esbuild-runner]                                                    |                              [jiti]                              |                                                             [sucrase]                                                             |                                                     [ts-node]                                                     |                 [tsm]                 |

| :--------- | :--------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------: |

| Compiler   |            [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io/)           | [SWC](https://github.com/swc-project/register/blob/3b17c954386bbbe01100ac00a80ced68d6e10281/package.json#L38) |                                          [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io/)                                         | [Babel](https://github.com/unjs/jiti/blob/main/package.json#L26) | [Sucrase (Babel fork)](https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase#:~:text=sucrase's%20parser%20is%20forked%20from%20babel's%20parser) | [TypeScript](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node#compiler) / [SWC](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node#swc-1) | [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io/) |

| Disk cache | [✅ ^?](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx#cache) |                                                       ❌                                                       | [✅ ^?](https://github.com/folke/esbuild-runner/blob/9dfb19f8fdead4d56abe4b70fe16bde745fd4d9c/src/cli.ts#L12) |       [✅ ^?](https://github.com/unjs/jiti#cache)       |                                                                 ❌                                                                 |             [❌ ^?](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues/908#issuecomment-1060214613)            |                   ❌                   |

## DX features

|                                     |                                                   [tsx]                                                  |                                                   [@swc/register]                                                  |                                                [esbuild-runner]                                               |                                               [jiti]                                               |                                                         [sucrase]                                                         |                                                                 [ts-node]                                                                |                                                [tsm]                                               |

| :---------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |

| TypeScript REPL                     |                         [✅ ^?](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx#repl)                        |                                                          ❌                                                         |                                                       ❌                                                       |                                                  ❌                                                 |                                                             ❌                                                             |       [✅ ^?](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node#:~:text=Typechecking%20(optional)-,REPL,-Write%20standalone%20scripts)      |                                                  ❌                                                 |

| Watch mode                          |                      [✅ ^?](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx#watch-mode)                     |                                                          ❌                                                         |                                                       ❌                                                       |                                                  ❌                                                 |                                                             ❌                                                             |                                                                     ❌                                                                    |                                                  ❌                                                 |

| Type checking                       |                                                     ❌                                                    |                                                          ❌                                                         |                                                       ❌                                                       |                                                  ❌                                                 |                                                             ❌                                                             |                                                                     ✅                                                                    |                                                  ❌                                                 |

| Hides experimental feature warnings |                                                     ✅                                                    |                                                          -                                                         |                                                       -                                                       |                                                  -                                                 |                                                             -                                                             | [✅ ^?](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/blob/599f28bbed574003aea08cffab098a3348475649/src/child/child-require.ts#L19-L24) |                                                  ❌                                                 |

| Binaries                            | [tsx](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx/blob/3e81d19bf759b512eb74360861f5abeb9d638ef0/package.json#L30) | [swc-node](https://github.com/swc-project/register/blob/3b17c954386bbbe01100ac00a80ced68d6e10281/package.json#L54) | [esr](https://github.com/folke/esbuild-runner/blob/949c847e413f5ce32aa2b06eab2a80ea99c221d3/package.json#L21) | [jiti](https://github.com/unjs/jiti/blob/912645967d095b7d1a97829e2013019b948a9761/package.json#L9) | [sucrase-node](https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase/blob/c01f429ddc86e0d819396170981284b8593cdb29/package.json#L10-L13) |   [ts-node, ts-node-esm, +4](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/blob/14323f9d00d5c7051ac09b944c7f423e442145ea/package.json#L38-L43)   | [tsm](https://github.com/lukeed/tsm/blob/d65d835a8a9fc3bb60dae7336eabdd713bfed0fc/package.json#L7) |

## Testing

|                   |                                                                [tsx]                                                               |                                                           [@swc/register]                                                          | [esbuild-runner] |                                                           [jiti]                                                           |                                          [sucrase]                                         |                                                                            [ts-node]                                                                           |                                                             [tsm]                                                            |

| :---------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |

| Operating systems | [Linux & Windows](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx/blob/3e81d19bf759b512eb74360861f5abeb9d638ef0/.github/workflows/test.yml#L13) |    [Linux](https://github.com/swc-project/register/blob/3b17c954386bbbe01100ac00a80ced68d6e10281/.github/workflows/test.yml#L6)    |     No tests     | [Linux & Windows](https://github.com/unjs/jiti/blob/912645967d095b7d1a97829e2013019b948a9761/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L17) |  [Linux](https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase/blob/2a3f723/.github/workflows/build.yml)  |     [Linux & Windows](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/blob/14323f9d00d5c7051ac09b944c7f423e442145ea/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml#L52)    |  [Linux & Windows](https://github.com/lukeed/tsm/blob/d65d835a8a9fc3bb60dae7336eabdd713bfed0fc/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L19) |

| Node.js versions  |        [12.20 ~ 18](https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx/blob/3e81d19bf759b512eb74360861f5abeb9d638ef0/tests/index.ts#L12-L25)       | [Latest LTS](https://github.com/swc-project/register/blob/3b17c954386bbbe01100ac00a80ced68d6e10281/.github/workflows/test.yml#L11) |     No tests     |        [16](https://github.com/unjs/jiti/blob/912645967d095b7d1a97829e2013019b948a9761/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L18)       | [14 & 16](https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase/blob/2a3f723/.github/workflows/build.yml) | [12 ~ 18 + Nightly](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/blob/14323f9d00d5c7051ac09b944c7f423e442145ea/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml#L55-L143) | [12.22.10 ~ 16.14](https://github.com/lukeed/tsm/blob/d65d835a8a9fc3bb60dae7336eabdd713bfed0fc/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L18) |

[tsx]: https://github.com/esbuild-kit/tsx

[@swc/register]: https://github.com/swc-project/register

[esbuild-runner]: https://github.com/folke/esbuild-runner

[jiti]: https://github.com/unjs/jiti

[sucrase]: https://github.com/alangpierce/sucrase

[ts-node]: https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node

[tsm]: https://github.com/lukeed/tsm