chakra-core/ChakraCore
ChakraCore
ChakraCore is an embeddable JavaScript engine and high-performance scripting runtime. It provides a just-in-time compiler that converts JavaScript source code into optimized machine code during runtime to increase execution speed and throughput.
The engine utilizes a multi-tiered compilation pipeline and tiered machine code generation to balance startup time with execution speed. Memory is managed via a concurrent garbage collector that reclaims unreachable objects on background threads to minimize application pauses.
The project provides capabilities for embedded JavaScript execution and automated memory management within host applications.
Features
- Embeddable Scripting Engines - Provides an embeddable JavaScript engine for executing dynamic scripts and logic within host applications.
- JavaScript Engines - Functions as a JavaScript engine for executing code inside host applications.
- Automatic Memory Management - Provides automatic memory management through a concurrent garbage collector to prevent leaks.
- Just-In-Time Compilation - Implements just-in-time compilation to convert source code into optimized native machine code at runtime.
- Machine Code Generation - Generates optimized native machine code across multiple tiers to increase overall execution throughput.
- Managed Code Execution - Executes managed JavaScript code within a controlled runtime environment.
- Execution Performance Optimizers - Optimizes execution speed by translating JavaScript source into high-performance machine code via JIT.
- JavaScript Runtimes - Provides a high-performance JavaScript runtime for embedded environments.
- High-Performance - Delivers a high-performance execution environment optimized for low-latency JavaScript processing.
- Tiered Compilation - Uses a multi-tiered compilation strategy to balance initial startup time with steady-state execution speed.
- Language Compilation Pipelines - Implements an asynchronous compilation pipeline that offloads machine code generation to background threads to reduce latency.
- Memory Management Systems - Includes an automated memory management system to reclaim script memory and minimize pauses.
- Garbage Collection - Implements automated memory management that identifies and reclaims unreachable objects to prevent leaks.
- Incremental Garbage Collection - Provides a concurrent garbage collector that reclaims memory in increments to minimize application pauses.
- Garbage Collectors - Features a concurrent garbage collector that reclaims unreachable objects on background threads.
