V8 is a high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. It is used in Chrome and in Node.js, among others.
V8 enables any C++ application to expose its own objects and functions to JavaScript code. It’s up to you to decide on the objects and functions you would like to expose to JavaScript.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly.
- Run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.
- Compiles and executes JavaScript source code, handles memory allocation for objects, and garbage collects objects it no longer needs.
- Provides all the data types, operators, objects and functions specified in the ECMA standard.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12+, and Linux systems that use x64, IA-32, or ARM processors. Additional systems (IBM i, AIX) and processors (MIPS, ppcle64, s390x) are externally maintained.
Website: v8.dev
Support: Documentation, Blog, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Google Inc
License: Apache License 2.0
V8 is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| JavaScript Engines | |
|---|---|
| V8 | High-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine |
| SpiderMonkey | JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine, used in Firefox, Servo and more |
| QuickJS | Small and embeddable Javascript engine |
| Hermes | JavaScript engine optimized for React Native |
| Rhino | JavaScript in Java |
| JerryScript | JavaScript engine for the Internet of Things |
| GraalJS | ECMAScript-compliant JavaScript engine |
| Escargot | Lightweight JavaScript engine |
| Duktape | Embeddable JavaScript engine, focusing on portability and compact footprint |
| Elk | Tiny embeddable JavaScript engine |
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