❄️ Elsa is a minimal runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript written in Go
Last updated Jul 8, 2026
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Elsa
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Elsa is a minimal JavaScript and TypeScript runtime written in Go. Built on top of quickjs and heavily inspired by Deno.
Features
- URL imports.
- useful Web APIs.
- compiles TypeScript out of the box.
- bundling.
elsa bundle - compiling to native distributable binaries.
elsa compile
// hello.ts
import { hello } from "https://x.nest.land/arweave-hello@0.0.2/mod.ts";
hello("Elsa");
> elsa run hello.ts
Hello, Elsa
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