babel-preset-expo
Babel preset configured for Expo React Native projects with proper transformations.
Build tools and bundlers npm MIT
Used in agent projects
30
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in build tools and bundlers
#56 of 81
by use in those projects
Downloads
11M
npm, last 7 days, babel-preset-expo
GitHub stars
52.6K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How babel-preset-expo is used
babel-preset-expo is a dependency in 30 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #56 of 81 in build tools and bundlers. The most used alternative there is Vite. Projects that use it most often also use Expo (100.0%), React Native (100.0%), react-native-safe-area-context (86.7%).
Often used with babel-preset-expo
| Expo | 100.0% of babel-preset-expo projects · 64.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| React Native | 100.0% of babel-preset-expo projects · 61.3× more than average |
| react-native-safe-area-context | 86.7% of babel-preset-expo projects · 69.2× more than average |
| react-native-svg | 86.7% of babel-preset-expo projects · 107.9× more than average |
| react-native-screens | 80.0% of babel-preset-expo projects · 66.0× more than average |
| Babel (JavaScript) | 76.7% of babel-preset-expo projects · 20.1× more than average |
| React Native Gesture Handler | 76.7% of babel-preset-expo projects · 76.0× more than average |
| React Native Reanimated | 76.7% of babel-preset-expo projects · 75.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 2.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list babel-preset-expo as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install babel-preset-expo |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | React Native / Expo (17), TypeScript / JavaScript (10), Ruby (2), Python (1) |
| Example projects | vega-org/vega-app, exactly/exa, DHR-Store/Vega-Next, genesis-ai-dev/langquest, Amka78/owl-of-athena |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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2,897 (22.8%) | 194M | 83.3K | MIT |
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| React Compiler Babel Plugin npm Babel plugin for React Compiler that optimizes React component rendering. |
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| webpack CLI npm Command-line interface for webpack bundler and related build tools. |
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