quickjs-ng/quickjs

Features

• ECMAScript Compliant Engines - An interpreter and compiler that executes JavaScript programs conforming to the latest ECMAScript specification.
• Minimal Runtime Footprints - Achieves a small binary size and low memory usage by omitting unnecessary runtime features.
• Lightweight Scripting Engines - A small-footprint JavaScript engine suitable for resource-constrained environments and embedded systems.
• C-Based Embedding APIs - Ships a minimal C API for embedding the engine with direct memory control.
• JavaScript Engine Embedding - Provides a minimal C API for embedding a standards-compliant JavaScript runtime into host applications.
• Cross-Platform Build Systems - Compiles across operating systems and architectures using a portable build system without external dependencies.
• Reference-Counting Garbage Collectors - Manages memory automatically using reference counting with cycle detection for deterministic cleanup.
• Single-Pass Compilation - Compiles JavaScript source to bytecode in a single pass without intermediate representations.
• Source-to-Bytecode Compilers - Compiles JavaScript source into compact bytecode for execution on a custom virtual machine.
• ECMAScript Module Support - Loads and executes JavaScript modules using a built-in module loader with ES module syntax.
• Stack-Based Virtual Machines - Runs bytecode instructions using a stack-based architecture for simple and efficient execution.

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