One month after promising to release the JavaScript engine of its Edge browser, Microsoft has proven good for its word and then some. Not only is it releasing the code, it’s planning a Linux port.

Microsoft open sources ChakraCore, Windows 10's Edge web browser JavaScript engine. More amazing still, Microsoft will port it to Ubuntu Linux.

Today, it’s taking that one leap further and open sourcing ChakraCore, the JavaScript engine behind the new Edge browser included with Windows 10.

Microsoft wrote the Chakra JavaScript engine from scratch, using the most current Java technologies to give Edge a major performance boost over the aging Internet Explorer line. At the JSConf show ...

Learn how to enable or disable JavaScript In Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Opera browser on your Windows 11/10 computer. Browsing speed will improve, but you will lose out on functionalities.

Microsoft says that the JavaScript performance for its new Microsoft Edge web browser is already beating Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox in two benchmark tests.