# babel を Homebrew, dnf でインストール

babel のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:babel
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install babel
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install babel
```

  証拠: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: babel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:babel
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 8.0.4
- **ソース概要:** Compiler for writing next generation JavaScript
- **ホームページ:** <https://babeljs.io/>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-10T12:06:39Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- babel (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 8.0.4
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

Babel is a JavaScript compiler and toolchain best known for transforming modern ECMAScript syntax into JavaScript that can run in older browsers and environments. It grew from the 6to5 transpiler into one of the central packages of the JavaScript build ecosystem.

### プロジェクトの歴史

Babel began as 6to5, a tool focused on compiling ES6-era JavaScript down to ES5. In February 2015 the project announced its rename to Babel, arguing that its parser and transpiler infrastructure would remain useful beyond a single ES6-to-ES5 migration window.

The official documentation now describes Babel as a broader toolchain: it transforms syntax, supports missing features through third-party polyfills such as core-js, performs source-code transformations, supports JSX, Flow, and TypeScript syntax, and is built from composable plugins and presets.

Major releases mark Babel's evolving role in the JavaScript ecosystem: Babel 6 modularized the package family, Babel 7 became the long-lived default generation for modern JavaScript tooling, and the official blog announced Babel 8 in 2026 with ESM-only packaging, dropped ES5 defaults, and a migration path for current users.

### 採用の歴史

Babel's adoption followed the rise of ES2015+, React JSX, and npm-based frontend build pipelines. Its own 2015 rename post noted that 6to5 and 6to5-core were approaching half a million downloads and expected to pass a million soon, already signaling rapid uptake before the Babel name had fully settled.

By 2021, the Babel project described itself as used by millions while discussing project funding. The package metadata in this batch is narrower because the Homebrew formula is only the CLI package, but the npm ecosystem around @babel/core, @babel/cli, presets, and plugins is the real adoption center.

### 使われ方

Developers use Babel through @babel/core, @babel/cli, bundler integrations, presets, and plugins. Typical use cases include compiling newer ECMAScript syntax, JSX, TypeScript or Flow syntax stripping, proposal syntax experiments, and custom codemods.

Configuration is project-local and can live in babel.config.* files, .babelrc variants, or a babel key in package.json. That configurability is part of why Babel works both as a command-line package and as a library embedded by larger build tools.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Babel is one of the defining JavaScript package-manager stories: a compiler decomposed into many small npm packages, presets, plugins, helpers, parser packages, and runtime packages that are assembled by user configuration.

For package nerds, Babel also demonstrates both the power and cost of ecosystem-scale toolchains. It made future JavaScript usable early, but it also made package graphs, peer dependencies, semver ranges, and build-step reproducibility central concerns for frontend projects.

### タイムライン

- 2015: 6to5 is renamed Babel on the official blog.
- 2015: Babel 5 and Babel 6 release posts appear in the official blog archive.
- 2018: Babel 7 is released, becoming the long-lived generation of the toolchain.
- 2021: Babel publishes a funding update describing the project as used by millions.
- 2026: Babel 8 is released with ESM-only packaging and changed defaults.

### Related projects

- core-js is the polyfill project Babel documentation points to for missing runtime features.
- ESTree, Acorn, Esprima, ESLint, and related parser projects shaped the JavaScript syntax tooling environment Babel grew up in.
- React popularized JSX workflows that made Babel a default part of frontend builds.
- TypeScript and Flow are type-syntax ecosystems Babel can parse or strip without doing type checking.

### ソース

- <https://babeljs.io/blog/2015/02/15/not-born-to-die>
- <https://babeljs.io/blog/2018/08/27/7.0.0>
- <https://babeljs.io/blog/2021/05/10/funding-update>
- <https://babeljs.io/blog/2026/06/16/8.0.0>
- <https://babeljs.io/docs/>
- <https://babeljs.io/docs/config-files>
- <https://github.com/babel/babel>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

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## Configuration files

- Unix: babel.config.json, babel.config.js, babel.config.cjs, babel.config.mjs, babel.config.cts, .babelrc, .babelrc.json, .babelrc.js, .babelrc.cjs, .babelrc.mjs, .babelrc.cts, package.json (babel key)
## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- dnf - babel - 2.18.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: babel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tools for internationalizing Python applications | https://babel.pocoo.org/
- dnf - babel-doc - 2.18.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: babel-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for Babel | https://babel.pocoo.org/
- dnf - python3-babel - 2.18.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-babel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library for internationalizing Python applications | https://babel.pocoo.org/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/babel.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/babel.yml)


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- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
