lucent
Write React Native native modules in TypeScript. Lucent compiles a checked subset to C++ and calls it through JSI: no Swift or Kotlin to write, and no JavaScript engine in native code.
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GITHUB · launched Sep 21, 2026 · 17 upvotes (top 46%) · 0 views
Niche: programming language compilers · 77 launches, 2 in the last 7 days ▼ -67% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
No Developing an AOT/transpiler compiler that maps a TypeScript subset into C++ and React Native JSI bindings requires advanced compiler design and deep React Native C++ internals knowledge.
What it would actually take: Requires building an AST parser/type-checker (using SWC or Babel/TypeScript compiler APIs) that transforms a strongly-typed TypeScript subset into idiomatic C++ code. The backend must synthesize boilerplate for React Native's JSI (JavaScript Interface), managing memory bridging, object lifecycles, and cross-platform native thread synchronization.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 200 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #104 of 201 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 321 days after the earliest competitor.
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- solidnative · github · 2026-10-03 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- ts-polyglot · ph · 2026-10-27 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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