ts-run

The minimalist TypeScript script runner for NodeJS.

Run TypeScript scripts from the command line as if they were plain JavaScript.

ts-run path/to/script.ts

See the repo on Github for full documentation.

Features

• Just-in-time TypeScript transpilation so fast you won't even notice.
• Generates source maps for accurate stack traces.
• Does not spawn another process to transpile TypeScript.
• Does not spawn another Node process to run your script.
• Strictly follows modern Node semantics for ESM and CommonJS modules.
• Zero config: no config file, no command line arguments, no environment variables, no nothing.
• Does not even need a tsconfig.json.
• Extra-light: only 220 kilobytes installed!
• Zero dependency!

Non-features

• Not for running full-blown TypeScript projects.
• No REPL support.

Licence

MIT.