JavaScript parsers for syntax checking

Question

I'm looking for good JavaScript command-line parsers which are able to check the code syntax.

Compatible with *nix systems, ideally cross-platform libraries.

Answer 1

Here is the list of generic JavaScript parsers:

• Acorn

  A small, fast, JavaScript-based JavaScript parser.

  Install via: npm -g install acorn.

• Esprima

  A high performance, standard-compliant ECMAScript parser written in ECMAScript.

  Install via: npm -g install esprima.

• TypeScript by Microsoft (GitHub)

  TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

• Traceur

  Traceur is a JavaScript.next-to-JavaScript-of-today compiler.

• Flow by Facebook (GitHub)

  JavaScript parser written in OCaml. Produces SpiderMonkey AST.

• Babylon (GitHub)

  A JavaScript parser used in Babel.

Source: JavaScript parsers speed comparison.

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Here is the speed comparison (ops/sec or type of error) for each parser/input combination.

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