chakra ☆

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Description:
Core part of the JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.11.24@9 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | @ChakraCore | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: javascript runtime engine browser microsoft edge

Install: brew install chakra

About:
ChakraCore is the open-source JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge. It provides a high-performance runtime for executing JavaScript, supporting modern ECMAScript standards. This package includes the core command-line interface for running scripts and testing JavaScript applications.

Key Features:

High-performance JavaScript execution
Modern ECMAScript standards support
Command-line interface for scripting
JIT compilation for optimized runtime
Cross-platform compatibility

Use Cases:

Running JavaScript applications from the terminal
Testing and debugging JavaScript code
Embedding JavaScript runtime in custom applications
Performance benchmarking of JavaScript execution

Alternatives:

node – Node.js provides a full server-side JavaScript runtime with npm ecosystem, while ChakraCore is a focused engine
v8 – V8 is Google's JavaScript engine used in Chrome and Node.js, while ChakraCore is Microsoft's implementation

License: MIT

Dependencies: icu4c@76

Bottles available for: sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 15, 2025 5:02pm		9	VERSION_BUMP	f6d04572