An important component of delivering a fast browser is fast JavaScript execution. In Chrome, that job is done by the V8 engine which executes over 78 years worth of JavaScript code on a daily basis.

N-API should break the dependency on Google’s V8 engine and help developers avoid recompilation for new versions and engines Help is on the way for developers building native modules for Node.js ...

Opera is working on a JavaScript engine, called Carakan, which is intended to be the fastest JavaScript engine on the planet, according to Opera. Carakan (pronounced Tsharakan) is now 2.5 times ...

Node.js 19 updates the V8 JavaScript engine to version 10.7 and enables HTTP(s)/1.1 KeepAlive by default.

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One of the main updates in Node.js 21 is that the V8 engine was updated to version 11.8.

Microsoft announced it will open source the JavaScript engine for the new Edge web browser released with Windows 10.