txiki.js Saúl Ibarra Corretgé

Use this command to install txiki.js:

winget install --id=Saghul.TxikiJS -e

txiki.js is a lightweight JavaScript runtime designed to provide a powerful and efficient environment for running JavaScript applications. Built on QuickJS-ng as its JavaScript engine and libuv as the platform layer, txiki.js targets modern ECMAScript standards while maintaining a small footprint.

Key Features:

Web Platform APIs: Supports essential web functionalities such as fetch, WebSocket, Console, setTimeout, Crypto, Web Workers, and more.
Networking Capabilities: Offers robust networking support through TCP, UDP, and Unix sockets for building scalable applications.
HTTP Server with WebSocket Support: Enables the creation of high-performance web servers with built-in WebSocket capabilities.
Standalone Executables: Allows developers to compile JavaScript projects into standalone executables using tjs compile, ensuring easy deployment and distribution.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for developers seeking a lightweight yet powerful JavaScript runtime, txiki.js is particularly beneficial for embedding JavaScript environments or building resource-constrained applications. Its compliance with ECMAScript standards ensures compatibility with modern JavaScript features, while its cross-platform support across GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows, and other Unix-like systems makes it versatile for various use cases.

txiki.js can be installed via winget, providing an efficient solution for developers looking to integrate a high-performance JavaScript runtime into their projects.

txiki.js — The tiny JavaScript runtime

> txikia (Basque): small, tiny.

txiki.js is a small and powerful JavaScript runtime. It targets state-of-the-art ECMAScript and aims to be WinterTC compliant.

It's built on the shoulders of giants: it uses QuickJS-ng as its JavaScript engine and libuv as the platform layer.

Quick start

# Get the code
git clone --recursive https://github.com/saghul/txiki.js --shallow-submodules &amp;&amp; cd txiki.js
# Compile it!
make
# Run the REPL
./build/tjs

See Building for detailed instructions including Windows support.

Features

Web Platform APIs: fetch, WebSocket, Console, setTimeout, Crypto, Web Workers, and more
TCP, UDP, and Unix sockets
HTTP server with WebSocket support
File I/O, child processes, signal handling
Standard library: tjs:sqlite, tjs:ffi, tjs:path, tjs:hashing, and more
Standalone executables via tjs compile

Documentation

Full documentation is available at txikijs.org.

Supported platforms

GNU/Linux
macOS
Windows
Other Unixes (please test!)

Built with ❤️ by saghul and these awesome contributors.