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

82. V8 release v7.4 22 March 2019 release
83. JIT-less V8 13 March 2019 internals
84. V8 release v7.3 07 February 2019 release
85. Trash talk: the Orinoco garbage collector 03 January 2019 internals memory presentations
86. V8 release v7.2 18 December 2018 release
87. Speeding up spread elements 04 December 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks
88. Faster async functions and promises 12 November 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks presentations
89. V8 release v7.1 31 October 2018 release
90. V8 release v7.0 15 October 2018 release
91. Getting things sorted in V8 28 September 2018 ECMAScript internals

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