What is the difference between babel-core and @babel/core?

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Since Babel 7 the Babel team switched to scoped packages, so you now have to use @babel/core instead of babel-core.
But in essence, @babel/core is just a newer version of babel-core.

This is done to make a better distinction which packages are official and which are third-party.

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Updated on November 21, 2020

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  • YulePale
    YulePale over 3 years

    What is the difference between babel-core and @babel/core ?

    Are they the same thing but different versions? If not so, when do you use one and when do you use the other?

    Thank you.

  • mcmxc
    mcmxc over 5 years
    do I need both of them or just the newer/older one?
  • MichaelDeBoey
    MichaelDeBoey over 5 years
    @mcmxc Since you want only one version of a certain dependency and @babel/core is v7 of babel-core, you should only install one of them (I would install @babel/core if it's a new dependency)