Chakra (JScript engine)

This article is about the engine of Internet Explorer. For the engine of Microsoft Edge Legacy, see Chakra (JavaScript engine). For other uses, see Chakra (disambiguation).
Chakra
DeveloperMicrosoft
Initial release2009 (2009)
Written inC++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeJScript engine
LicenseProprietary

Chakra is a JScript engine used in the Internet Explorer web browser, both developed by Microsoft as proprietary software.

Microsoft later developed a new JavaScript engine for its Microsoft Edge Legacy browser, which is confusingly also named Chakra. Microsoft Edge changed to V8 (JavaScript engine) in 2020.

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