# SWC Plugins and Ecosystem — Babel & SWC

Source: https://www.geekswithgeeks.com/en/babel-swc/bs-swc-plugins

> Explore SWC's growing plugin ecosystem and capabilities.

## SWC plugins: fewer than Babel

SWC has fewer plugins than Babel because it covers common features natively. But the ecosystem is growing. For standard transpilation, SWC works out of the box.

## Built-in vs plugin features

SWC includes TypeScript, JSX, async/await, destructuring, and most modern features natively. Plugins extend edge cases or add experimental features.

## Fallback to Babel for missing features

If you need a Babel plugin that SWC doesn't support, run SWC first, then pipe through Babel for that specific plugin. Rare, but sometimes necessary.