List of ECMAScript engines

The following is a list of ECMAScript engines.

InScript
JavaScriptCore — a JavaScript interpreter that was originally derived from KJS. Used in the WebKit project and applications such as Safari.
JScript — the engine used in Internet Explorer, and one component of Trident (layout engine)
KJS — the engine used in Konqueror, and one component of KHTML
futhark — the ECMAScript engine of the Opera web browser versions 9.50 and higher.
linear_b — the ECMAScript engine of the Opera web browser versions 7.0 to 9.50, exclusive.
Narcissus — JavaScript implemented in JavaScript, used on top of SpiderMonkey
QtScript
Rhino — one of several JavaScript engines from Mozilla, using the Java Platform
SpiderMonkey — JavaScript engine in Mozilla Gecko applications, including Firefox
DMDScript - very simple and fast open source ECMAScript engine writen in D programming language (first imlementation was in C++). Supports plugins.^[1]^[2]

The following are the new generation JavaScript engines for web browsers, all implementing just-in-time compilation (JIT) or variations of that idea:

Tamarin — an ActionScript and ECMAScript JIT engine.
TraceMonkey — evolution of SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript engine planned for Firefox 3.5, also partially based on Tamarin.
V8 — JavaScript engine in Google Chrome
SquirrelFish — the next JavaScript engine for Apple Inc.'s Webkit.
Carakan — a Javascript engine under development by Opera Software ASA^[3], to be included in future releases of the Opera web browser

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