V8 (JavaScript engine)

V8
Developer(s)Google[1]
Initial release2 September 2008; 16 years ago (2008-09-02)
Stable release
11.4[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 24 May 2023; 17 months ago (24 May 2023)
Repository
Written inC++[1]
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, 32-bit ARM, AArch64, 32-bit MIPS, MIPS64, PowerPC, IBM ESA/390, z/Architecture
TypeJavaScript and WebAssembly engine
LicenseBSD[3]
Websitev8.dev Edit this on Wikidata

V8 is a JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by Google for its Chrome browser.[1][4] V8 is free and open-source software that is part of the Chromium project and also used separately in non-browser contexts, notably the Node.js runtime system.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Documentation · V8". Google. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Chrome Platform Status". Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ^ "v8/LICENSE.v8 at master". Github.
  4. ^ Lenssen, Philipp (1 September 2008). "Google on Google Chrome - comic book". Google Blogoscoped. Retrieved 17 August 2010.