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

120. Super fast super property access 18 February 2021 JavaScript
121. Faster JavaScript calls 15 February 2021 internals
122. V8 release v8.9 04 February 2021 release
123. An additional non-backtracking RegExp engine 11 January 2021 internals RegExp
124. V8 release v8.7 23 October 2020 release
125. Indicium: V8 runtime tracer tool 01 October 2020 tools system-analyzer
126. Slack tracking in V8 24 September 2020 internals
127. V8 release v8.6 21 September 2020 release
128. V8 release v8.5 21 July 2020 release
129. V8 release v8.4 30 June 2020 release

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