LiveScript

LiveScript is a programming language that compiles to JavaScript. It emerged in the early 2010s as an alternative to CoffeeScript, aiming to offer a more expressive syntax while remaining interoperable with the JavaScript ecosystem.

The language emphasizes concise, readable code and includes features such as first-class functions, classes and modules, and functional constructs like list comprehensions and partial application. It uses indentation-based syntax and a minimal amount of punctuation, following the CoffeeScript tradition, and it compiles to idiomatic JavaScript.

Developers can run LiveScript code on Node.js or in web browsers after compilation. The official compiler is available through the npm package livescript, and it integrates with common build tools and pipelines. LiveScript code can interoperate with existing JavaScript libraries and can target standard runtimes.

In the landscape of JavaScript alternatives, LiveScript attracted interest for its expressive syntax, but community activity has waned compared with earlier times, and it remains a niche option rather than a mainstream tool.