christina-de-martinez/babel-plugin-glowup-vibes

Glowup Vibes is a Babel plugin, a tool that transforms JavaScript code before it runs, that lets you write JavaScript using internet slang instead of standard keywords and function names. Babel plugins normally exist to add new language features or convert modern syntax into older, more compatible code. This one is different: it is a playful project that swaps familiar JavaScript syntax for slang terms while keeping the code fully functional once compiled. For example, writing noCap compiles down to the boolean true, and cap compiles to false. The word ghosted compiles to a return null statement, and grab acts like the require function used to import other files. There are slang versions of console methods too, so lowkey.stan works like console.log, lowkey.sus works like console.warn, and lowkey.cringe works like console.error. Loops and control flow get the same treatment: period, PERIODT, and skrt all compile to a break statement, holdUp turns a function into an async function, and letItCook works like the await keyword. Even try, catch, and finally get a slang rewrite through a chained syntax using fAround, findOut, and eitherWay. To use it, install the plugin from npm, then add it to your Babel config file alongside your normal presets. Running your usual build command compiles the slang flavored source file into standard JavaScript output, which you can then run anywhere regular JavaScript runs. The full list of supported slang terms and what they compile to is documented in a table in the project's README, covering comparisons, comments, array methods like map and filter, and more. This is a lighthearted, novelty project inspired by an Instagram reel, meant more for fun and learning how Babel plugins and the JavaScript AST work than for serious production use. The author welcomes contributions that add more slang terms to the table.