React Compiler Babel Plugin
Babel plugin for React Compiler that optimizes React component rendering.
Build tools and bundlers npm MIT
Used in agent projects
202
1.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in build tools and bundlers
#7 of 81
by use in those projects
Downloads
17.8M
npm, last 7 days, babel-plugin-react-compiler
GitHub stars
251K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How React Compiler Babel Plugin is used
React Compiler Babel Plugin is a dependency in 202 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.6%), #7 of 81 in build tools and bundlers. The most used alternative there is Vite. Projects that use it most often also use Tailwind Merge (61.9%), clsx (63.4%), React (99.0%). It is more common in projects set up for Junie (6.8%) than for Cursor (2.7%).
Often used with React Compiler Babel Plugin
| Tailwind Merge | 61.9% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 3.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| clsx | 63.4% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 3.6× more than average |
| React | 99.0% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 2.3× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 56.9% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 88.1% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 2.5× more than average |
| Lucide React | 64.9% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 3.3× more than average |
| tw-animate-css | 45.0% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 6.7× more than average |
| Next.js | 63.9% of React Compiler Babel Plugin projects · 2.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 2.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 2.8% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 2.7% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 4.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 5.0% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 3.4% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 4.1% of projects set up for it |
| Junie | 6.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list React Compiler Babel Plugin as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install babel-plugin-react-compiler |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (126), TypeScript / JavaScript (52), PHP (21), Rust (2) |
| Example projects | sunflower-land/sunflower-land, miantiao-me/bm.md, wesbos/wesbos, kovrichard/catalyst, Asymmetric-al/core |
Alternatives to React Compiler Babel Plugin
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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2,897 (22.8%) | 194M | 83.3K | MIT |
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| webpack npm Module bundler that packages JavaScript, assets and dependencies for browser deployment. |
255 (2.0%) | 54.9M | 66.1K | MIT |
| react-scripts npm Build configuration and scripts for Create React App zero-configuration setup. |
231 (1.8%) | 2.4M | 103K | MIT |
| webpack CLI npm Command-line interface for webpack bundler and related build tools. |
201 (1.6%) | 10.4M | 2,617 | MIT |
| vite-tsconfig-paths npm Vite plugin that resolves TypeScript path aliases from tsconfig.json automatically. |
184 (1.4%) | 26.7M | 1,631 | MIT |