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Node 22 TypeScript start-up, measured

compiled JS 24/121 ms, type stripping 49/208 ms, tsx 192/423 ms (one-file script / 41-module Fastify app)

Question: how much process start-up time does each way of running TypeScript on Node 22 add — precompiled JS (node dist/x.js), Node's built-in type stripping (node x.ts), tsx x.ts, and node --import tsx x.ts — for a one-file script and for a small Fastify service?

Result (warm, median of 20 runs, wall time of the whole process)

programcompiled JSnode type strippingtsx CLInode --import tsx
tiny (1 file, prints a line)24 ms49 ms192 ms139 ms
app (41 .ts modules + Fastify 5, 40 routes, ready, close)121.5 ms208 ms423 ms343.5 ms
  • Type stripping costs about +25 ms on a one-file script and +87 ms (1.7×) on the

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