Installation

Install via npm

npm install -g purus

Verify

purus version

Your first program

Create a file hello.purus:

const message be ///Hello, World///
console.log[message]

Compile and run:

purus build hello.purus
node hello.js

Or run directly without generating files:

purus run hello.purus

Create a project

Use purus new to set up a project with configuration, scripts, and dependencies:

purus new my-project
cd my-project
npm run build

File extensions

Extension	Output	Use case
.purus	.js	Standard JavaScript
.cpurus	.cjs	CommonJS module
.mpurus	.mjs	ES Module