SpiderMonkey

This article is about the software. For the primate, see Spider monkey. For other uses, see Spider monkey (disambiguation).

SpiderMonkey
Developer(s)
Repositorygithub.com/mozilla-spidermonkey
Written inC, C++, Rust
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, ARM, MIPS, SPARC,[1] RISC-V[2]
TypeJavaScript and WebAssembly engine
LicenseMPL 2.0[3]
Websitespidermonkey.dev

SpiderMonkey is an open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine by the Mozilla Foundation.[4]

It is the first JavaScript engine, written by Brendan Eich at Netscape Communications, and later released as open source and currently maintained by the Mozilla Foundation. It is used in the Firefox web browser.

  1. ^ "1.8.8 – SpiderMonkey | MDN". Developer.mozilla.org. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ^ "SpiderMonkey Newsletter (Firefox 110-111)". spidermonkey.dev. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ Mozilla Licensing Policies, mozilla.org, archived from the original on 2 April 2013, retrieved 26 March 2013
  4. ^ "Home". SpiderMonkey JavaScript/WebAssembly Engine. Retrieved 24 April 2023.