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Dart pub vs Transcrypt

Both stand on code transpilers. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Dart pub

Free plan LinuxMacWindows

Pub covers dependency resolution, publishing, and offline use for Dart projects. Its publishing rules and limited-pattern secret checks are worth noting before releasing packages.

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Transcrypt offers a way to write browser applications in Python while using JavaScript libraries and tools. Its precompilation and library limits matter for projects that depend on Python exec, eval, or C and C++ libraries.

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The facts

	Dart pub	Transcrypt
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Linux, Mac, Windows	Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Free or on request
Plans published	None	1
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	dart.dev	transcrypt.org
On code transpilers	#13 of 28	#17 of 28

Dart pub: what it does well

Resolves versions against the installed Dart SDK.
Supports lockfiles and workspaces.
Can resolve cached dependencies offline.
Available through Dart and Flutter command-line tools.
Free and open source.

What to know first

Focused on Dart packages.
Published packages cannot use Git dependencies.
Published packages cannot use local path dependencies.
Secret checks use limited patterns.

Transcrypt: what it does well

Free under the Apache 2.0 license
Can call JavaScript functions from Python code
Includes source maps for debugging generated JavaScript
Can compile Python server code for Node.js

What to know first

Python exec and eval are unsupported
C and C++ libraries need special measures for browser use
Focuses on browser development, not desktop Python libraries

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