quickjs-ng/quickjs

QuickJS, the Next Generation: a mighty JavaScript engine

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⚡️ QuickJS - A mighty JavaScript engine

Overview

QuickJS is a small and embeddable JavaScript engine. It aims to support the latest ECMAScript specification.

This project is a fork of the original QuickJS project by Fabrice Bellard and Charlie Gordon, after it went dormant, with the intent of reigniting its development.

Getting started

Head over to the project website for instructions on how to get started and more documentation.

Authors

@bnoordhuis, @saghul, and many more contributors.

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