saghul/txiki.js

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3126 stars · 224 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

txiki.js is a tiny JavaScript runtime built on the QuickJS-ng engine and libuv, targeting modern ECMAScript and WinterTC compliance. It ships Web Platform APIs, sockets, an HTTP server, a standard library (SQLite, FFI, WASI), and can compile scripts into standalone executables.

Use cases

• run javascript scripts from the command line without node
• build a small http server with websockets in javascript
• compile a javascript app into a standalone executable
• embed a lightweight javascript interpreter in a C project
• run webassembly modules with a javascript runtime
• call native libraries from javascript via ffi

When to choose

• you want a small, fast-starting JavaScript runtime instead of Node.js
• you need Web Platform APIs like fetch and WebSocket in a lightweight binary
• you want to distribute scripts as self-contained executables
• you need SQLite or FFI access built into the runtime

When to avoid

• you need the npm ecosystem and Node.js API compatibility
• you require maximum JavaScript execution throughput from a JIT engine like V8
• you need a mature runtime with extensive third-party library support

Facets

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interpreter http-server websocket cli wasm file-system networking programming-languages developer-tools cross-platform windows cli cross-platform javascript-runtime quickjs libuv wintertc sqlite ffi standalone-executables command-line linux macos

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