Package: V8 6.0.1

Jeroen Ooms

V8: Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R

An R interface to V8 <https://v8.dev>: Google's open source JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. This package can be compiled either with V8 version 6 and up or NodeJS when built as a shared library.

Authors:Jeroen Ooms [aut, cre], Jan Marvin Garbuszus [ctb]

V8_6.0.1.tar.gz
V8_6.0.1.tar.gz(r-4.5-noble)V8_6.0.1.tar.gz(r-4.4-noble)
V8.pdf |V8.html✨
V8/json (API)
NEWS

# Install 'V8' in R:
install.packages('V8', repos = 'https://cloud.r-project.org')

Bug tracker:https://github.com/jeroen/v8/issues

Uses libs:
  • nodejs– Evented I/O for V8 javascript
  • c++– GNU Standard C++ Library v3

On CRAN:

Conda-Forge:

nodejscpp

8.58 score 329 packages 239k downloads 2 mentions 6 exports 3 dependencies

Last updated 1 months agofrom:5efe411b0d. Checks:3 OK. Indexed: no.

TargetResultLatest binary
Doc / VignettesOKMar 05 2025
R-4.5-linux-x86_64OKMar 05 2025
R-4.4-linux-x86_64OKMar 05 2025

Exports:engine_infoJSnew_contextv8wasmwasm_features

Dependencies:curljsonliteRcpp

Introduction to V8 for R

Rendered fromv8_intro.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon Mar 05 2025.

Last update: 2023-10-10
Started: 2015-01-12

Using NPM packages in V8

Rendered fromnpm.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon Mar 05 2025.

Last update: 2023-04-08
Started: 2015-01-12

Citation

To cite package ‘V8’ in publications use:

Ooms J (2025). V8: Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R. R package version 6.0.1, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=V8.

Corresponding BibTeX entry: 

  @Manual{,
    title = {V8: Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R},
    author = {Jeroen Ooms},
    year = {2025},
    note = {R package version 6.0.1},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=V8},
  }