Posts tagged with: Garbage Collector

MicroQuickJS: a 10 kB Embedded JavaScript Engine

MicroQuickJS is a compact, memory‑efficient JavaScript engine targeted at embedded systems. With just 10 kB of RAM and 100 kB of ROM, it runs a strict ES5 subset and includes a tracing garbage collector. The project comes with a REPL, bytecode export, and a C API that avoids malloc()/free() calls. This article walks you through building the engine, running scripts, generating bytecode, and exploring its C‑level API, making it a powerful tool for developers building lightweight, secure, JavaScript‑enabled devices.