What is Escargot?
Escargot is an open-source JavaScript engine written in C++. It is developed by Samsung as part of their Tizen project and aimed at embedding into resource-constrained devices.
Key features of Escargot include:
- Lightweight and optimized for low memory usage
- High performance through just-in-time compilation
- Full ECMA-262 ECMAScript language support
- Written in C++ and portable to many platforms
Escargot is designed to be an alternative JavaScript engine for integration into smaller devices like phones, TVs, IoT devices, etc where V8 or SpiderMonkey may be too resource intensive. The focus is on efficiency and a small memory footprint while still providing modern JavaScript support and good performance.
While still under active development, Escargot is production-ready and already shipping in some Samsung devices. It represents an interesting option for JavaScript engine needs on embedded or mobile platforms.