babel-runtime provides a modular, pre-compiled runtime for projects using Babel. By including this package, your code can leverage Babel's transformation features without embedding large amounts of helper code directly into your bundles. This improves code size and caching, leading to better performance, especially when used across multiple modules. It includes helper functions and polyfills necessary for supporting older environments, allowing you to reliably transpile modern JavaScript features.
Babel-runtime downloads show a fluctuating trend. Downloads remained relatively stable through much of 2024 and early 2025, peaking in November 2024. There was a surge in June/July 2025, followed by a decrease in August. September 2025 data is incomplete and significantly lower.
The babel-runtime package had frequent releases between February 2015 and December 2017, with peak activity in the first half of 2015. After 2017, the release frequency dropped to zero. The final recorded release was in August 2017. From January 2018 through August 2025 there were no new releases.
