boa
brew install boa
v0.21.1
MIT OR Unlicense
Embeddable and experimental Javascript engine written in Rust
10
30-day installs · #8724
33
90-day · #8383
176
365-day · #7676
7.3k
★ GitHub stars · updated 2mo ago
Build dependencies
GitHub topics
ecmascript
hacktoberfest
interpreter
javascript
javascript-engine
javascript-interpreter
parser
runtime
rust
rust-crate
wasm
webassembly
Links
- https://github.com/boa-dev/boa
- GitHub: boa-dev/boa
- Brew formula source: Formula/b/boa.rb
Raw metadata
{
"aliases": [],
"alternatives": [],
"build_dependencies": [
"pkgconf",
"rust"
],
"categories": [],
"caveats": null,
"conflicts_with": [],
"dependencies": [],
"deprecated": 0,
"deprecation_reason": null,
"desc": "Embeddable and experimental Javascript engine written in Rust",
"disable_reason": null,
"disabled": 0,
"enrichment_fetched_at": "2026-06-20T23:35:56+00:00",
"first_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
"full_name": "boa",
"github_default_branch": "main",
"github_last_commit_at": "2026-06-20T08:07:14Z",
"github_readme_excerpt": "# Boa\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n \u003ca href=\"https://boajs.dev/\"\u003e\n \u003cpicture\u003e\n \u003csource\n media=\"(prefers-color-scheme: dark)\"\n srcset=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boa-dev/boa/refs/tags/v0.21/assets/logo_yellow.svg\"\u003e\n \u003csource\n media=\"(prefers-color-scheme: light)\"\n srcset=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boa-dev/boa/refs/tags/v0.21/assets/logo_black.svg\"\u003e\n \u003cimg\n alt=\"Boa logo\"\n style=\"width:auto;\"\n src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boa-dev/boa/refs/tags/v0.21/assets/logo.png\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\n \u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\nBoa is an experimental JavaScript lexer, parser and interpreter written in Rust \ud83e\udd80, it has support for **more** than 90% of the latest ECMAScript specification. We continuously improve the conformance to keep up with the ever-evolving standard.\n\n[![Build Status][build_badge]][build_link]\n[](https://codecov.io/gh/boa-dev/boa)\n[](https://crates.io/crates/boa_engine)\n[](https://docs.rs/boa_engine)\n[](https://discord.gg/tUFFk9Y)\n[](https://matrix.to/#/#boa:matrix.org)\n\n[build_badge]: https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/actions/workflows/rust.yml/badge.svg?event=push\u0026branch=main\n[build_link]: https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/actions/workflows/rust.yml?query=event%3Apush+branch%3Amain\n\n## \u26a1\ufe0f Live Demo (Wasm)\n\nTry out the engine now at the live Wasm playground [here](https://boajs.dev/playground)!\n\nPrefer a CLI? Feel free to try out `boa_cli`!\n\n## \ud83d\udce6 Crates\n\nBoa currently publishes and actively maintains the following crates:\n\n- **`boa_ast`** - Boa\u0027s ECMAScript Abstract Syntax Tree\n- **`boa_cli`** - Boa\u0027s CLI \u0026\u0026 REPL implementation\n- **`boa_engine`** - Boa\u0027s implementation of ECMAScript builtin o",
"github_repo": "boa-dev/boa",
"github_stars": 7328,
"github_topics": [
"ecmascript",
"hacktoberfest",
"interpreter",
"javascript",
"javascript-engine",
"javascript-interpreter",
"parser",
"runtime",
"rust",
"rust-crate",
"wasm",
"webassembly"
],
"homepage": "https://github.com/boa-dev/boa",
"homepage_og_description": null,
"homepage_og_image": null,
"homepage_title": null,
"installs_30d": 10,
"installs_365d": 176,
"installs_90d": 33,
"keg_only": 0,
"keg_only_reason": null,
"last_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
"license": "MIT OR Unlicense",
"llm_generated_at": null,
"llm_model": null,
"name": "boa",
"oldnames": [],
"one_liner": null,
"optional_dependencies": [],
"rank_30d": 8724,
"rank_365d": 7676,
"rank_90d": 8383,
"raw_hash": "254434266a52171d",
"recommended_dependencies": [],
"revision": 0,
"ruby_source_path": "Formula/b/boa.rb",
"tap": "homebrew/core",
"test_dependencies": [],
"uses_from_macos": [],
"version_head": "HEAD",
"version_stable": "0.21.1",
"versioned_formulae": [],
"why_use_this": null
}