Another JavaScript Runtime

You can find the latest jstime binary on the release page

Alternatively you can install with cargo

$ cargo install jstime

$ jstime

Welcome to jstime!

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$ cat hello-world.js
console.log("hello world");

$ jstime hello-world.js
hello world

Check out the README.md for jstime-core for instructions on how to embed jstime in your rust application!

jstime provides a minimal and performant JavaScript runtime with essential APIs.

For detailed documentation on all supported features, see Documentation.

👉 Check out the examples/ directory for runnable code samples!

• Console API: console.log(), console.error(), etc.
• Timers: setTimeout(), setInterval(), and clearing functions
• Fetch API: Modern HTTP client with fetch(), Headers, Request, Response
• Streams API: ReadableStream, WritableStream, TransformStream for streaming data processing
• URL API: URL and URLSearchParams for URL manipulation
• Performance API: High-resolution timing with performance.now()
• Microtask API: queueMicrotask() for fine-grained async control
• Structured Clone API: structuredClone() for deep cloning of complex objects
• Text Encoding API: TextEncoder and TextDecoder for UTF-8 encoding/decoding
• Crypto API: crypto.getRandomValues(), crypto.randomUUID(), crypto.subtle.digest() for cryptographic operations
• Process API: process.env, process.argv, process.cwd(), process.exit() for process information
• File System API: Complete Node.js-compatible fs/promises with readFile(), writeFile(), mkdir(), stat(), and more
• WebAssembly: Full WebAssembly support for running high-performance compiled modules
• ES Modules: Full support for import/export with top-level await
• Modern JavaScript: All ES2015+ features via V8 engine

jstime includes comprehensive test coverage including conformance tests for standard APIs:

• Console API - WHATWG Console Standard compliance
• Fetch API - WHATWG Fetch Standard compliance
• Streams API - WHATWG Streams Standard compliance
• Performance API - W3C High Resolution Time compliance
• URL API - WHATWG URL Standard compliance
• Timers API - WHATWG HTML Standard timers compliance
• Structured Clone API - HTML Standard structured cloning compliance

Run all tests with:

cargo test

For more details on conformance testing, see core/tests/CONFORMANCE_TESTS.md.

Interested in contributing? We'd love to have you! ❤️

Check out these resources:

• CONTRIBUTING.md - Get started with development
• ARCHITECTURE.md - Learn how jstime is built
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md - Community standards

We welcome contributions of all kinds: bug fixes, features, documentation, examples, and more!

For information about the governance of the jstime project, see GOVERNANCE.md.

• MylesBorins - Myles Borins (he/him)

• bengl - Bryan English (he/him)
• bdougie - Brian Douglas
• codebytere - Shelley Vohr
• devsnek - Gus Caplan
• EstebanBorai - Esteban Borai
• jalafel - Jess Tran
• solumos - Tom Hadley