# samccone/The-cost-of-transpiling-es2015-in-2016

Investigating the overhead cost of compiled es2015

Repository: https://github.com/samccone/The-cost-of-transpiling-es2015-in-2016
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/the-cost-of-transpiling-es2015-in-2016
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-03-05T08:50:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3872, "days_push": 3833, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1325, forks 36 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.581915+00:00)

## What it is
A 2016 benchmark study comparing the bundle size and runtime overhead of transpiling ES2015 JavaScript to ES5 with different tools such as Babel + Browserify, Closure Compiler, and Rollup. It is an analysis repo with example code and findings rather than a reusable software package.

## Use cases
- compare bundle sizes of es2015 transpilers
- understand tree shaking benefits in javascript bundling
- decide between babel browserify rollup and closure compiler
- learn about per-module overhead in js bundles
- research historical javascript build tool performance

## When to choose
- you want historical data on 2016-era ES2015 transpilation costs
- you are researching tree shaking and bundle overhead concepts

## When to avoid
- you need a current transpiler or bundler for production
- you want up-to-date benchmarks of modern build tools
- you need a maintained library with a license

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: benchmarking, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, performance, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: es2015, transpilation, bundle-size, tree-shaking, javascript-bundlers, benchmark-study, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- samccone/The-cost-of-transpiling-es2015-in-2016 (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.581915+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:46:35.817999+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samccone/The-cost-of-transpiling-es2015-in-2016 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.581915+00:00, sha ee9293f39be6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.