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I thought it would be a fun weird project to make Servo work with MS' abandoned JavaScript engine: https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore Of course it is written in C++ and you'd probably want a pure Rust browser. But it is sad seeing…

comment by HeckFeck · 2023-12-18 · in This year in Servo: over 1000 pull requests and beyond

The JS engine is open source: https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore

comment by tech234a · 2023-12-15 · in Microsoft defends Edge's predatory practices with cringe, audacious reply on X

Not to forget the engine Charka: https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore The only bit of the old Edge that had its source emancipated. It was/is? quite performant.

comment by trackflak · 2023-05-04 · in Roll your own JavaScript runtime, pt. 3

…browser, has in its repo a decent high-level description of how its JIT compilation is integrated: https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/wiki/Architecture-... I found the source code to be quite readable too, last time I delved into…

comment by comment500 · 2022-06-26 · in Crystal's Interpreter (2021)

…as what Edge used to use, but sadly abandoned by them after they switched Edge to Chromium: https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore . But it looks like it’s still chugging along as a community effort rather than being completely…

comment by chrismorgan · 2021-09-22 · in Enumerating and analyzing 40 non-V8 JavaScript implementations

…[1] as well as a full set of "regular" debugging APIs. * Related previous NH discussion: [2] [0] https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore [1] https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/blob/0fc6103461dac... [2]…

comment by olvy0 · 2021-05-16 · in JavaScript Time Travel Debugging in ChakraCore

…technically released the ECMAScript/JScript (definitely not JavaScript®) * interpreter, Chakra ( https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore ). * Trademark notice: JavaScript® is a registered trademark of Oracle America Inc.

comment by zinekeller · 2021-01-13 · in Solarwind, Fireeye, Microsoft and Cisco leaks are offered for sale

https://github.com/microsoft/ChakraCore

comment by interrupt_ · 2020-09-01 · in Nessie – Lightweight Web Browser

Relevant discussion about ChakraCore https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/issues/5865 TLDR ChakraCore is entangled in Microsoft's platforms like UWP, so it must be maintained, but forward development beyond maintenance is uncertain.

comment by warpech · 2020-02-13 · in OpenChakra is an open-source visual editor for React

Other chakras :) - https://github.com/microsoft/ChakraCore and https://github.com/chakra-ui/chakra-ui ;)

comment by malkia · 2020-02-13 · in OpenChakra is an open-source visual editor for React

…any more, but it was a perfect example of a bug which can't easily be feature-detected. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/ChakraCore/issues/1415

comment by Klathmon · 2019-05-28 · in Google Now Forces Edge Preview Users to Use Chrome for the Modern YouTube

They're using V8. https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/issues/5865#issue-38...

comment by muizelaar · 2019-04-08 · in Chromium-based Edge preview builds

…node and chakra core: https://github.com/nodejs/node-chakracore (which, btw, for now isn't dead: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/issues/5865 likely for the reasoning I mentioned above) I just don't buy it. I don't think easy…

comment by no_wizard · 2019-02-27 · in We Need Chrome No More

While it’s not EdgeHTML, they do have the code for ChakraCore out there. https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/issues/5865 I think EdgeHTML will continue to be used by Microsoft for various scenarios, just not in their Edge browser.…

comment by wluu · 2018-12-12 · in Microsoft Edge

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Future of ChakraCore

story by myfonj · 2018-12-10 · 0 comments

So much wasted energy: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore RIP!

comment by nashashmi · 2018-12-06 · in Goodbye, EdgeHTML

it seems like a lot of people don't know this but the current Edge engine is Open Source. look here https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

comment by niputi · 2018-12-06 · in Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

…really solid JavaScript engine. And it's probably easier to embed than anything inside Chrome. ( https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore ) Hope they are still comitted to chakra.

comment by merb · 2018-12-04 · in Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge on Windows 10

…direction, it's more likely than not to happen eventually. [0] https://github.com/dotnet/core [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS

comment by Klathmon · 2018-10-26 · in Microsoft completes GitHub acquisition

…better than Chrome's, who will be stuck with the cruft they've slowly built up over the years. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

comment by Klathmon · 2018-10-03 · in Why I’m Worried About Google

Chakra is Open Source: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore but I guess what you want is an "Edgeium" equivalent of Edge in the way that Chromium is the full (compilable) OSS version of Chrome.

comment by Flenser · 2018-06-21 · in Improved JavaScript and WebAssembly performance in EdgeHTML 17

…https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore and so on... not to mention their own contributions elsewhere including Electron itself. I know some of their…

comment by giancarlostoro · 2018-06-08 · in AMPstinction

…https://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-five-linux-contributor-mic... https://www.networkworld.com/article/3120774/open-sour

comment by chomp · 2018-06-06 · in Why Open Source Software Is Moving to GitLab After Microsoft-GitHub Deal

> their JS engine https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore > their compiler Microsoft makes half a dozen compilers, for as many languages: https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn https://github.com/fsharp/fsharp…

comment by will4274 · 2018-06-04 · in Hello, GitHub

comment by mkaufman · 2018-04-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)

comment by hiteshk_msft · 2018-02-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018)

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story by bakery2k · 2018-01-22 · 3 comments

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Re-implement numbers in JavaScript to be like numbers in Python

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comment by hiteshk_msft · 2017-12-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)

…that it's a goal of them that they want to open source it, but it's not an overnight process. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore [1] https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebGL

comment by Klathmon · 2017-10-31 · in Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome

…in Unix 'back in the day'[1]... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_UNIX [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

comment by tim-- · 2017-10-19 · in Documenting the Web together

It makes you wonder why they choose V8 instead of their own JavaScript engine https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

comment by pantalaimon · 2017-10-18 · in Napa.js: A multi-threaded JavaScript runtime

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story by stroyer · 2017-06-13 · 1 comment

AFICT you cannot build a like-for-like chakra.dll from ChakraCore due to https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore#using-chakracore The chakra.dll that comes as part of Windows/Edge includes the additional parts not included with ChakraCore…

comment by satysin · 2017-03-26 · in Strengthening the Microsoft Edge Sandbox

There's nothing stopping you from compiling https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore and checking if Chakra.dll matches that which is distributed with Edge.

comment by repples · 2017-03-26 · in Strengthening the Microsoft Edge Sandbox

The JavaScript engine is open source: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

comment by repples · 2017-03-18 · in Virtual machine escape fetches $100k at Pwn2Own hacking contest

If you include Safari/Webkit on that list then don't forget to also include Edge/Chakra[0] ;) [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

comment by HugoDaniel · 2017-02-02 · in Microsoft's browsers return to losing habits, fall to 25% share

…Riptide uses objects. [0]: http://v8project.blogspot.fr/2015/08/getting-garbage-collect... [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki/Architecture-Ov... [2]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Sp...

comment by espadrine · 2017-01-20 · in Introducing Riptide: WebKit's Retreating Wavefront Concurrent Garbage Collector

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ChakraCore 1.4 includes cross-platform JIT and experimental WebAssembly support

story by tilt · 2016-12-22 · 1 comment

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ChakraCore 1.4 released

story by jimmcslim · 2016-12-21 · 0 comments

…is currently pretty light on details. For now there a bit more information on the roadmap page: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap#12

comment by runesoerensen · 2016-08-24 · in ChakraCore v1.2 Released

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ChakraCore v1.2 Released

story by runesoerensen · 2016-08-24 · 1 comment

MS Chakra JS VM is already open source: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore Like all high-performance JS VM's their JIT's already emit efficient machine code. If Google, Apple or MS could get JS running any faster they would've.

comment by mythz · 2016-08-04 · in Visual Studio Code 1.4

…reused for benchmarking/profiling). A large test suite[1] that covers behavior already exists. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/tree/master/test

comment by zamalek · 2016-06-23 · in JavaScript Performance Updates in Microsoft Edge and Chakra

…to find that they still haven't switched to function table callbacks [1], like the CLR has. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/blob/7587147fac16654...

comment by kaushiks · 2016-04-12 · in On libunwind and dynamically generated code on x86-64

…It looks like Microsoft is implementing a similar time-travel feature in Chakra: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/commits/TimeTravelDe...

comment by cpeterso · 2016-03-02 · in Leaving Mozilla

Linux support for ChakraCore is planned within the next few months: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap We can see if that actually happens. Can you explain what makes you feel uncomfortable about the Node ecosystem? I…

comment by geofft · 2016-01-20 · in Enable Node.js to Run with Microsoft's ChakraCore Engine

…updated the roadmap[1] to call out that JIT and more platforms are coming in future iterations. 1: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap

comment by bterlson · 2016-01-19 · in Enable Node.js to Run with Microsoft's ChakraCore Engine

…except maybe as something Microsoft can offer for Azure customers that choose Windows Server. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki/Roadmap

comment by domenicd · 2016-01-19 · in Enable Node.js to Run with Microsoft's ChakraCore Engine

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story by amazedsaint · 2016-01-15 · 0 comments