Microsoft will release the core components of its 'Chakra' JavaScript engine as open source in January 2016. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor Dec. 5, 2015 at 6:40 a.m. PT.

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Microsoft last week revealed that it will release the core components of its Chakra JavaScript engine to open source as ChakraCore.It will be available next month on GitHub under the MIT license.

Microsoft will open up its Chakra JavaScript engine as an open-source project on GitHub next month. The code repository, called ChakraCore, will include the key components of Chakra engine used ...

Microsoft will open up its Chakra JavaScript engine as an open-source project on GitHub next month. The code repository, called ChakraCore, will include the key components of Chakra engine used ...