The Oxidation Compiler is creating a suite of tools for the JavaScript / TypeScript language:

• AST - See docs.rs/oxc_ast
• Parser - See docs.rs/oxc_parser, @oxidation-compiler/napi
• Linter - Work in progress. Try it out! npx oxidation-compiler@latest lint path
• Formatter
• Transpiler
• Minifier - Draft

Goals

The primary objectives for this project include:

• Create a really fast native program by using the Rust programming language
• Provide the basic building blocks for creating your own tools by having good API designs
• Provide good documentation on learning Rust and compiler techniques

Performance issues are considered as bugs in this project.

Milestone

As of now, Oxc has a fully working parser and a prototype for the linter.

The current objectives are:

• HIR - High-Level Intermediate Representation for the compiler
• A prototype for the minifier.
• A MVP (Minimal Viable Product) for the linter.

Contributing

This project is an invitation for you to come and learn Rust with us, We welcome and appreciate all contributions to this project.

To get started, check out CONTRIBUTING.md.

If you are unable to contribute code,, you can still participate by:

• star and watch this project
• join us on Discord
• follow me on twitter
• provide your wisdom in discussions

Linter

The linter is fast to the extent that it feels broken.

With a few rules implemented, testing in the VSCode repo:

vscode  main ❯ npx oxidation-compiler@latest lint src
Checked 3479 files in 335ms using 12 cores.
Found 17 errors.

And also in a huge monorepo:

Checked 73660 files in 7415ms using 12 cores.
Found 470 errors.

On my Intel i7 6-core, the linter is around 84 times faster than ESLint. But we'll get slightly slower as we add more features.

See benchmark for details.

Try it out yourself!

The linter is currently usable and it can potentially catch a few mistakes for you:

npx oxidation-compiler@latest lint path

All feedbacks are welcome.

Parser Conformance

The cargo coverage command reports the following conformance summary

Test262 Summary:
AST Parsed     : 44000/44000 (100.00%)
Positive Passed: 44000/44000 (100.00%)
Negative Passed: 3915/3915 (100.00%)

Babel Summary:
AST Parsed     : 2065/2071 (99.71%)
Positive Passed: 2062/2071 (99.57%)
Negative Passed: 1332/1502 (88.68%)

TypeScript Summary:
TypeScript Summary:
AST Parsed     : 2337/2337 (100.00%)
Positive Passed: 2331/2337 (99.74%)
Negative Passed: 673/2535 (26.55%)

Test262 conformance is complete. TypeScript parsing is complete.

Only unstable stage 3 json-modules and stage 3 decorators tests are skipped.

Learning Resources

• My small tutorial on how to write a JavaScript Parser in Rust
• Crafting Interpreters
• [Create an issue and insert your inspirational learning resources here]

Rust cloc

scc . --include-ext=rs --no-complexity

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Language                     Files       Lines     Blanks    Comments      Code
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Rust                           172       46389       5039        2935     38415

Credits

This project was incubated with the assistance of these exceptional mentors and their projects:

• Rome Tools - @MichaReiser, @ematipico
• Ruff - @charliermarsh
• quick-lint-js - @strager
• elm-review - @jfmengels
• @domonji for contribution to the TypeScript parser

License

MIT

Third Party Licenses

Licenses are listed in THIRD-PARTY-LICENSE

This project partially copies code from the following projects:

Project	License
eslint/eslint	MIT
typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint	MIT
microsoft/TypeScript	Apache 2.0
rome/tools	MIT
mozilla-spidermonkey/jsparagus	MIT Apache 2.0
acorn	MIT
zkat/miette	Apache 2.0
sindresorhus/globals	MIT
terser	BSD
evanw/esbuild	MIT
google/closure-compiler	Apache 2.0
google/closure-compiler	Apache 2.0
tdewolff/minify	MIT