kanjou compile

Compiles your source locale files (.ts, .js, .json, etc.) into optimized output formats.

Usage

npx kanjou compile [options]

Options

Option	Alias	Description
--locales-dir <dir>	-l	Directory containing your source locale files.
--base-locale <name>	-b	Base locale name (e.g. en).
--out-dir <dir>	-o	Output directory for compiled files (defaults to compiled inside locales-dir).
--extension <ext>	-e	Output file extension: js or json (defaults to js).

Example

npx kanjou compile -l ./locales -b en -o ./dist/locales -e js

How it works

The compile command parses your source locale files (.ts, .js, .json, etc.) containing MessageFormat 2 strings. If the output extension is js, it compiles the messages into an optimized JavaScript AST representations. This reduces the parsing overhead at runtime, significantly improving performance. The generated files are automatically formatted using your Prettier configuration.