SpiderMonkey

SpiderMonkey is an open-source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine by the Mozilla Foundation. The engine powers the Firefox Web browser and has used multiple generations of JavaScript just-in-time (JIT) compilers, including TraceMonkey, JägerMonkey, IonMonkey, and the current WarpMonkey.

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Software.name: SpiderMonkey
Software.logo: Spidermonkey-logo-2021.svg
Software.operating system: Cross-platform
Software.genre: JavaScript and WebAssembly engine
Software.programming language: C, C++
Software.platform: IA-32, x86-64, ARM, MIPS, SPARC, RISC-V
Software.license: MPL 2.0
Software.repo: ,

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SpiderMonkey is Mozilla’s JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine, used in Firefox, Servo and various other projects. It is written in C++ and Rust.

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Wikidata facts

Official website: mozilla-spidermonkey.github.io/spidermonkey.dev

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software version identifier: 52.7.2
source code repository URL: github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev
social media followers: 1329
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/spidermonkey
Commons category: SpiderMonkey

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History
Versions
Standards
Internals
TraceMonkey
JägerMonkey
IonMonkey
OdinMonkey
WarpMonkey
Use
See also
References
External links

It is the first JavaScript engine, written by Brendan Eich at Netscape Communications, and later released as open source and currently maintained by the Mozilla Foundation. Its design allows it to be embedded in applications beyond Web browsers, with implementations including MongoDB database system, Adobe Acrobat, and the GNOME desktop environment.