jackson - Very experimental. Don't use this yet!

jackson is Yet-Another-JavaScript-Runtime™, this one focused on embedders and providing a modular core. You can build in as much or as little modules as you need or add your own to the build.

The name comes from the meme of referring to ESM files with the .mjs extension as "Micheal Jackson Script". The jackson runtime is ESM-only and focused on targetting modern features only, with a highly modular core that allows using only the features you need. Legacy is history when you can include only the features you need.

Requirements

• bazel

Build

Bazel is currently used for the build process. You can edit main.cc however you want, add more modules by adding additional dependencies in BUILD and build with:

bazel build //main:main

Or run the build directly with:

bazel run //main:main -- `pwd`/example.mjs --some --process --args

Planned Future Changes

• Move main to a separate repo.
• Move modules to separate repos.
• Use Bazel 7 modules to link jackson with an entrypoint and modules.
• Add fs interface for embedders to provide virtual file systems.
• Remove dependency on libuv from jackson core?

License

see LICENSE file