# rogchap/v8go

Execute JavaScript from Go

Repository: https://github.com/rogchap/v8go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/v8go
Homepage: https://rogchap.com/v8go
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, golang, golang-package, v8, v8-javascript-engine, javascript, godoc, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2024-08-02T10:56:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2562, "days_push": 761, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3498, forks 262 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.422570+00:00)

## What it is
v8go is a Go library providing bindings to the V8 JavaScript engine, allowing Go applications to execute JavaScript, create isolated VMs and contexts, and expose Go functions as JavaScript callbacks. It enables embedding a full JavaScript runtime inside Go programs.

## Use cases
- run javascript from go
- embed a js engine in a go application
- evaluate user-supplied scripts safely in go
- call go functions from javascript
- build a plugin system with javascript scripting
- execute js expressions server-side in go

## When to choose
- you need a full, spec-compliant JavaScript engine inside a Go program
- you want to sandbox and evaluate dynamic scripts at runtime
- you need bidirectional Go/JavaScript interop with callbacks and shared objects

## When to avoid
- you only need to run Node.js scripts as subprocesses
- you want lightweight JS evaluation without a large C++ dependency
- your project is not written in Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: interpreter, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools, backend
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: v8, javascript-engine, bindings, scripting, embedded-javascript

## Member repositories
- rogchap/v8go (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.422570+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:35:51.317668+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rogchap/v8go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.422570+00:00, sha ae7c0161c950)
  - homepage: https://rogchap.com/v8go (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:53.841930+00:00, sha 9ec7712a6bf2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.