Introducing tsrs: a Port of TypeScript to Rust
Summary
Cloudflare and VoidZero are porting TypeScript to Rust with tsrs, a Rust-based port of the TypeScript compiler. The project aims to be compatible with upstream TypeScript while delivering speed and memory efficiency, and is supported by benchmarks showing up to 8x faster performance and ~70% lower memory usage. The maintainers emphasize collaboration with the TypeScript team and maintaining alignment rather than forking TypeScript.