Jitran is a language-agnostic n:m transpiler framework that allows programming languages to be defined, transformed, and rendered through declarative language modules instead of hard-coded compiler implementations. A language module consists of manifests (`.jtn`), syntax definitions (`.jtx`), structure files (`.jts`), and optional frontend/backend extensions (`.jss`) that describe a language's syntax, semantics, capabilities, and transformation behavior. Source code is parsed into a universal Syntax-Defining Node (SDN) representation, which can be transformed and rendered back into any supported target language, enabling true n:m transpilation. To solve the problem of incompatible standard libraries and differing language semantics, Jitran introduces the Virtual Jitran Standard Library (VJSTL), a platform-independent standard library written in Jit's own language that is transpiled together with the user's code. Platform-specific functionality is abstracted through Native Bridges (`Natives.jtn`), which are implemented by individual language modules and provide access to operating systems, virtual machines, or runtime environments. This hybrid approach gives all supported languages a shared semantic foundation while remaining flexible enough to support environments with differing capabilities, from Java and JavaScript to headless or embedded targets. Rather than being a traditional transpiler, Jitran is a modular compiler and language-definition ecosystem that makes adding new languages, backends, and runtime abstractions largely a matter of writing declarative language modules.
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