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Releasing Babel 8 today: ESM-only, drop ES5 default, and a smooth migration path

Today we are releasing Babel 8. It's been 8 years since we released Babel 7. And that's not without reason.

https://babeljs.io/blog/2026/06/16/8.0.0/

babeljs.io Releasing Babel 8 today: ESM-only, drop ES5 default, and a smooth migration path · Babel Today we are releasing Babel 8. It's been 8 years since we released Babel 7. And that's not without reason.

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