Show HN: Ant – A from-scratch JavaScript runtime in 9 MB

Category: infrastructure

Tags: javascript-runtime, lightweight, jit-compiler

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Ant is a lightweight JavaScript runtime built from scratch with a custom engine (Ant Silver) and JIT compiler, achieving ~9 MB binary size and ~5 ms cold start. It is interesting for its innovative approach to combining extreme efficiency with near-V8 performance, targeting edge computing and serverless environments.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, edge developers

Repository: https://github.com/themackabu/ant · C · MIT · 247 stars

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