What is V8?

V8 is Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. It is used in Chrome and in Node.js, among others. It implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly, and runs on Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12+, and Linux systems that use x64, IA-32, ARM, or MIPS processors. V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.

Latest blog posts

90. V8 release v7.6 19 June 2019 release
91. Code caching for WebAssembly developers 17 June 2019 WebAssembly internals
92. V8 release v7.5 16 May 2019 release
93. Faster and more feature-rich internationalization APIs 25 April 2019 ECMAScript Intl
94. A year with Spectre: a V8 perspective 23 April 2019 security
95. Blazingly fast parsing, part 2: lazy parsing 15 April 2019 internals parsing
96. Code caching for JavaScript developers 08 April 2019 internals
97. Blazingly fast parsing, part 1: optimizing the scanner 25 March 2019 internals parsing
98. V8 release v7.4 22 March 2019 release
99. JIT-less V8 13 March 2019 internals

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