coffeescript ☆

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Description:
Unfancy JavaScript

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.7.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | @CoffeeScript | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: javascript coffeescript compiler web-development programming-languages

Install: brew install coffeescript

About:
CoffeeScript is a programming language that transcompiles to JavaScript, adding syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell. It features a clean, minimal syntax that reduces boilerplate and helps prevent common JavaScript errors. The language enhances developer productivity by making complex operations and functional programming patterns more concise and readable.

Key Features:

Clean, minimal syntax with significant whitespace
Comprehensive list comprehensions and functional programming utilities
Safe array slicing and range operations
Direct access to JavaScript prototypes and objects
Powerful destructuring assignments and splats

Use Cases:

Rapid prototyping of web applications and APIs
Writing concise build scripts and automation tools
Functional programming patterns in browser and Node.js environments
Refactoring verbose JavaScript codebases

Alternatives:

TypeScript – Adds static typing to JavaScript, whereas CoffeeScript focuses on syntactic brevity
Babel – A JavaScript transpiler that supports modern syntax, while CoffeeScript is a distinct language
Dart – A separate language with its own runtime, compared to CoffeeScript's direct JS output

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Feb 17, 2023 8:47am		0	VERSION_BUMP	b0c460e8