V8 is Google’s high-performance, open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine written in C++, powering Chrome, Node.js, and embedded in many environments. It implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly standards with optimizations for speed and resource efficiency. V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262. V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.
Features
- Implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly with support for modern JS features
- Uses multiple JIT tiers: Ignition interpreter, TurboFan, SparkPlug, and Maglev compilers for performance
- Regularly updated optimizations for varied workloads and memory footprints
- Embeddable in any C++ application, not just browsers
- Powers popular platforms like Chrome, Node.js, Deno, Electron, Cloud Apps, Couchbase, NativeScript, etc.
- Cross-platform support spanning x64, ARM, IA‑32, and more, including PPC and mainframes
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