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Not required. You can just include the pts.js or pts.min.js in script tag. https://unpkg.com/pts@0.5.0/dist/pts.js

He said building from source, not using an already built version. For that you need babel.

You're right. Sorry I misunderstood.

Typescript is compiled with tsc, not Babel. The npm package includes built Js and original ts