Zane V8 (Z8)

Zane V8 (Z8) is a high-performance, lightweight JavaScript runtime built on top of Google's V8 engine. Written in pure C++ for maximum stability and performance on Windows.

✨ Features

• Pure C++17/20: Zero overhead, built with the latest MSVC toolchain.
• Monolithic Build: Easy to distribute, no complex DLL dependencies.
• Zane Context: Optimized default environment with essential APIs like console.log.
• Temporal Enabled: Ready for next-generation JavaScript date and time handling.

🏗 Project Structure

• src/: Core C++ source code.
• include/: V8 and project headers.
• libs/: Pre-built V8 monolithic libraries.
• tools/: Utility scripts for build maintenance.

🛠 Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2022/2026 with "Desktop development with C++" workload.
• Python 3.x (for shim extraction).
• V8 Artifacts: Get them from v8-z8.

🚀 Building Z8

1. Open Developer PowerShell for Visual Studio.
2. Run the build script:

   .\build.ps1

3. The resulting z8.exe will be created in the root directory.

🏁 Running

Make sure icudtl.dat is in the same directory as z8.exe.

.\z8.exe

📜 Example

Zane V8 runs C++ wrapped JavaScript:

z8::Runtime rt;
rt.Run("console.log('Hello from Z8!');", "app.js");

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Z8: V8 - A Gift from God.