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JerryScript is an ultra-lightweight JavaScript engine for the Internet of Things. It is capable of executing ECMAScript 5.1 source code on devices with less than 64 KB of memory.

The engine was open sourced on GitHub (https://github.com/Samsung/jerryscript) in June, 2015. JerryScript is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Key characteristics of JerryScript

  • Full ECMAScript 5.1 standard compliance
  • 170K binary size when compiled for ARM Thumb-2
  • Heavily optimized for low memory consumption
  • Written in C99 for maximum portability
  • Snapshot support for precompiling JavaScript source code to byte code
  • Mature C API, easy to embed in applications
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