JSR Is Not Another Package Manager

Back when I created Node, there was no standard module system for JavaScript. As a result, the npm registry and Node defaulted to CommonJS (require), a system with fundamental flaws that made it unworkable in browsers. So, almost a decade ago, in 2015, the language adopted syntax for ES modules (import). Today, most JavaScript is written using ES modules, yet the pathways for distributing these modules remain convoluted, especially when TypeScript is involved. This clear gap in the ecosystem prompted the creation of JSR, not as another package manager but as a transformative registry designed to revolutionize how JavaScript and TypeScript are shared across server-side runtimes, browsers, and various tools.