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

80. V8 release v7.3 07 February 2019 release
81. Trash talk: the Orinoco garbage collector 03 January 2019 internals memory
82. V8 release v7.2 18 December 2018 release
83. Speeding up spread elements 04 December 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks
84. Faster async functions and promises 12 November 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks presentations
85. V8 release v7.1 31 October 2018 release
86. V8 release v7.0 15 October 2018 release
87. Getting things sorted in V8 28 September 2018 ECMAScript internals
88. Improving DataView performance in V8 18 September 2018 ECMAScript benchmarks
89. Celebrating 10 years of V8 11 September 2018 benchmarks

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