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<h1>What is V8?</h1>

<p>V8 is Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. It is used in Chrome and in Node.js, among others. It implements <a href="https://tc39.es/ecma262/">ECMAScript</a> and <a href="https://webassembly.github.io/spec/core/">WebAssembly</a>, and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems that use x64, IA-32, or ARM processors. V8 can be embedded into any C++ application.</p>

<h2>Latest posts and feature explainers</h2>

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<p>More articles can be found in <a href="/blog">the blog archive</a> and <a href="/features">the features section</a>.</p>