List of languages that compile to JS

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CoffeeScript Family (& Friends)

CoffeeScript Unfancy JavaScript
Coco a CoffeeScript dialect that aims to be more radical and practical, also acts as a test bed for features that get imported in CoffeeScript.
Parsec CoffeeScript is CS based on parser combinators. The project's aim is to add static metaprogramming (i.e. macros + syntax extensibility) to Coffee Script (CS), similar to how Metalua adds such features to Lua. The resulting compiler, once merged with the official compiler, should be usable as a drop-in replacement for it.
Kaffeine Enhanced Syntax for Javascript.

Ruby, Python

HotRuby runs opcode, compiled by YARV on Ruby inside a web browser or in Flash.
rb2js converts Ruby to JavaScript.
Red writes like Ruby and runs like JavaScript
Pyjamas Python to JS.
Skulpt Python. Client side.

Lisp, Scheme

Parenscript subset of Common Lisp to JS.
ClojureScript translates code written in a very small subset of Clojure.
Moby Scheme a Scheme running in JS.
Sibilant Javascript with a lisp

Multitarget

Haxe compiles to several platforms (C++, Flash, JS, Neko, PHP).
Clue C language compiler to different runtimes (Lua, JS, Perl 5, C, Java, CL).

Others

Fun A programming language for realtime webapps - compiles to client-side and server-side JS
Emscripten LLVM to Javascript compiler
Objective J shares with JavaScript the same relationship that Objective-C has with the C programming language: that of being a strict, but small, superset.
Clamato a Smalltalk dialect that is designed to operate within the JavaScript runtime.
mobl the new language for programming the mobile web.
Flapjax Event-driven, reactive evaluation.
Ur Haskell-like.
Jack Making programming playful.
MileScript a strongly-typed language similar to C# and Java, but which compiles to JS.
GWT Java to JS.