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Babel 8 support

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
babel, javascript

Research direction

Start by reading the @rollup/plugin-babel package and the linked Babel 8 release notes to identify compatibility changes. Run the plugin's existing test suite and compare its current Babel support with Babel 8; done means the plugin supports Babel 8 without regressing existing behavior.

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Description

  • Rollup Plugin Name: babel
  • Rollup Plugin Version:
Feature Use Case

Babel 8 has been released: https://babeljs.io/blog/2026/06/16/8.0.0/

It would be great to support it in @rollup/plugin-babel

Feature Proposal
Dominant language
JavaScript
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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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