--- title: "Announcing Babel 8 Beta · Babel" url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-babel-8-beta-babel-yzejmaej7 source_url: https://babeljs.io/blog/2025/05/30/babel-8-beta type: article source: "Babel" published: 2025-05-30T16:14:25.833Z updated: 2025-05-30T16:14:48.105Z tags: ["javascript", "nodejs", "babel"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing Babel 8 Beta · Babel **[Babel](https://daily.dev/sources/babel)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Babel 8 Beta has been released after nearly two years of development, featuring ESM-only packages and numerous breaking changes designed for easy migration. The team has removed significant technical debt accumulated during Babel 7's lifetime and provides comprehensive migration guides for both users and API developers. Key improvements include better Node.js compatibility with require(esm) support and streamlined architecture, though the release requires community testing before reaching stability. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#babel](https://daily.dev/tags/babel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-babel-8-beta-babel-yzejmaej7)