Ant

Run real npm packages and TypeScript - all from a single 9 MB binary. Ant is a lightweight JavaScript runtime built from scratch on its own engine, with a Node-compatible API, a VM-isolated sandbox, and Wasm support built-in.

First shown on Hacker News on 11 July 2026 as “Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem”, where it reached 330 points and 148 comments. Read the discussion.