Alternatives

Products that do what V8 release v8.0 does

Google’s high-performance JavaScript/WebAssembly engine

1. 1VR
   v8-riscv — Port of JavaScript V8 engine to RISC-V▲123

   2021 · github.com

2. 2
   Bourbon Engine▲91

   Build fully native UIs in JSON and push them live instantly.

   2019

3. 3NL
   Nice-looking Python bindings to V8▲166

   2017 · github.com

4. 4AT
   A tiny web browser implementation with V8 JavaScript engine and Rust▲144

   2021 · github.com

5. 5
   Total.js Platform▲93

   Open-source JavaScript platform

   2021

6. 6SS
   SSVM – Speed up your Node.js apps with Rust and WebAssembly▲5

   Raw performance (the lack of) is always a contentious point for JavaScript, especially in our post-Moore era of computing. Node.js gets around this issue through extensive of use of native libraries and modules written in C, including the V8 JS engine itself. But as application developers, how do YOU create high performance functions? Write in C and run as a NAPI module? Write in Rust and run as a V8 wasm? Well, there is another (better and faster) way now! The SSVM is a fully featured WebAssembly VM that is optimized for server-side applications.…

   2020

7. 7
   Node.js on App Engine▲174

   Fully managed Node.js serverless application platform

   2018

8. 8
   Browser Arena▲175

   Open-source benchmarks for cloud browser infrastructure

   Apr 2026

9. 9
   Total.js Flow▲111

   Visual Programming Interface for everyone

   2023

10. 10
    browserless.io▲143

    The full-code, no-ops tool for browser automation

    2023

11. 11
    Whitestorm.JS▲86

    Modern WebGL engine based on Three.js technology

    2016

12. 12
    Browserflow▲243

    Automate your work on any website

    2021

13. 13AC
    A complete Bash parser in JavaScript transpiled from Go▲89

    2018 · npmjs.com

14. 14
    OpenVSCode Server▲143

    VS Code in the browser for everyone

    2021

15. 15
    Wasp-lang (Beta)▲226

    Develop web apps in React & Node.js with no boilerplate

    2022

16. 16
    GrapesJS▲163

    Open Source tool for building web templates without coding.

    2016

17. 17MM
    Minimal, modern embedded V8 for Python▲30

    2016 · github.com

18. 181K
    1 KB JavaScript framework for building front-end applications▲216

    2017 · github.com

19. 19AJ
    A JavaScript V8 engine walkthrough▲8

    2022 · garden.bradwoods.io

20. 20CV
    Chrome v83 enables JavaScript module support for SharedWorkers▲10

    2020 · medium.com

21. 21
    Zdog▲211

    3D javascript engine for canvas and SVG

    2019

22. 22EV
    Embedded v8 inspector integration with chromedev tools front end▲20

    2017 · github.com

23. 23
    Second State VM▲78

    High performance secure & portable Rust functions in Node.js

    2020

24. 24
    WebContainer API▲121

    Dev environments, in your web app

    2023

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