Does Deno consider replacing SWC with OXC

[ofzo]

source :https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-parser-written-in-rust

Looking at the results, OXC seems to be a lot faster than SWC.

Also, OXC's API looks more convenient to use.

[jhsware]

This is my outsider view of this question, since it is always worth challenging assumptions.

There are a couple of reasons why this wouldn't make sense at this time:

1. swc is already a working integration in deno
2. oxc is under heavy development with breaking changes as late as 3 days ago (more than half a year after the question was posted)
3. VoidZero is a VC-funded project which could cause some surprising pivots

As is, it would probably make more sense to support the swc-project with perf.analysis and optimisations.

Competition is useful, but swapping one set of known issues for a new set of unknown issues may not provide the change one is hoping for.

[nickchomey]

Isn't Deno VC-funded itself?

Like Deno, the pedigree of VoidZero/Oxc seems reputable enough that this wont happen. And even if it does, people would surely fork it.

Though I think it would make more sense to wait for Oxc, and particularly Rolldown, to become a bit more mature so that it can be an all-in-one solution for linting, bundling, minification etc..

[tannal]

oxc-project looks good, if deno can make that happen, I think it can be a change for adoption from more front end developers.

[jhsware]

@nickchomey you are correct! However, the Deno pitch is a managed runtime service. This makes adoption of Deno the driver of potential revenue. VoidZero is literally pitched as a developer toolchain so we don't know what the revenue model will look like.

[jhsware]

Oxc is very much on the radar according to this discussion: oxc and VoidZero