{"id":25065,"library":"chilloscript","title":"Chilloscript","description":"A JavaScript transpiler (v1.0.4101) that allows using emojis as and within identifiers, enabling more expressive variable and function names. It transpiles .🤙 files to standard JavaScript, supporting single files or directory-wide conversion. Released under MIT License. Note: experimental, not suitable for production. Deprecated by the author (last commit 2019).","status":"deprecated","version":"1.0.4101","language":"javascript","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/ferb300/chilloscript","tags":["javascript","emoji","identifiers","transpiler"],"install":[{"cmd":"npm install chilloscript","lang":"bash","label":"npm"},{"cmd":"yarn add chilloscript","lang":"bash","label":"yarn"},{"cmd":"pnpm add chilloscript","lang":"bash","label":"pnpm"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"CLI tool, not a library. Use via command line or npx.","wrong":"const chilloscript = require('chilloscript')","symbol":"chilloscript","correct":"npx chilloscript --src ../src --outDir ../dist"}],"quickstart":{"code":"echo 'const 😊 = \"hello world\"; console.log(😊);' > test.🤙\nnpx chilloscript --src . --outDir dist\nnode dist/test.js\n# Output: hello world","lang":"bash","description":"Creates a .🤙 file with emoji identifier, transpiles it to dist, then runs the output."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Do not use in new projects. Consider esbuild plugin or babel plugin for similar functionality.","message":"Package is deprecated and unmaintained since 2019.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Rename your source files to .🤙 before transpiling.","message":"Only supports files with .🤙 extension; does not work with regular .js files.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Ensure target environment supports ES2015+ or run output through Babel.","message":"Not all JavaScript runtimes support emoji identifiers natively; transpiled code may require transpilation to avoid syntax errors in older environments.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run with npx: npx chilloscript --src . --outDir dist","cause":"CLI not installed globally or not in PATH.","error":"chilloscript: command not found"},{"fix":"Use CLI from command line, do not require() it.","cause":"Importing as library instead of using CLI.","error":"Error: Cannot find module 'chilloscript'"}],"ecosystem":"npm","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}