Elsa

Elsa is a minimal, fast and secure runtime for Javascript and Typescript written in Go.

Features

• URL based imports
• No fs, net access unless specified
• Compliant to web standards
• Supports TypeScript.
• Module caching
• Bundle your script into a single file using elsa bundle script.js
• Create a standalone executable for your script using elsa pkg script.js

Coming up

• HTTP server, more Web APIs
• Easy installation scripts
• Standard modules
• Typechecking support with dev subcommand

Benchmarks

Benchmark data for the master branch is available at benchmarks/

Also see Comparison with Deno and Node

Install

Not yet released, build from source instead.

Build from source

You will need Go installed on your machine before building.

Install go-bindata using go get github.com/go-bindata/go-bindata/...

Clone the repo on your $GOPATH and run make build to trigger the build process.

Getting Started

Try running a simple program:

// hello.ts
import { hello } from "https://x.nest.land/arweave-hello@0.0.2/mod.ts";

hello("Elsa")

> elsa hello.ts
Hello, Elsa

Contributing

Start by creating an issue about your feature or bug! Then, create a PR and we'll land it 😄

License

Elsa.land is licensed under MIT License.