spidermonkey@91 ☆

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Description:
JavaScript-C Engine

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 91.13.0@1 | Tracked Since: Nov 13, 2024

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

Category: Developer tools

Tags: javascript engine embedding mozilla ecmascript webassembly

Install: brew install spidermonkey@91

About:
SpiderMonkey is Mozilla's open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++ and Rust. It implements the ECMAScript specification and is the core JavaScript runtime used in the Firefox browser. This specific version (91) provides a stable, embeddable engine for applications requiring JavaScript execution outside a web browser.

Key Features:

Fully compliant ECMAScript 2020 (ES11) implementation
High-performance Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation
Embeddable C/C++ API for integration into other software
Support for WebAssembly (Wasm)
Advanced debugging and profiling tools

Use Cases:

Embedding a JavaScript runtime in C/C++ applications (e.g., game scripting, desktop apps)
Server-side JavaScript execution environments
Research and development of JavaScript language features

Alternatives:

v8 – Google's engine used in Chrome/Node.js; often compared for performance and embeddability.
javascriptcore – Apple's engine used in Safari; another major embeddable ECMAScript implementation.
quickjs – Small, embeddable engine with a focus on being lightweight and having a small footprint.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 13, 2024 9:07am	91.13.0	1	VERSION_BUMP	b026b23f