Comparison of server-side JavaScript solutions

This is a list of server-side JavaScript solutions.

Server-side JavaScript use

Examples of current uses of JavaScript on the server side

Project-product name	JavaScript engine	Server platform(s)	Comments
MongoDB	V8	10gen application server	Used SpiderMonkey before version 2.4 [1]
Alfresco	Rhino	Any Java servlet container and standalone.	Has JavaScript API that allows webscripts to create, access, delete, and manipulate data in the main Alfresco repository
Apache Sling	Rhino	Any Java servlet container and standalone	Generic Java web application framework that allows to use any script language via the standard Java Script Engine interface; Sling is RESTful by design and sits on top of a Java Content Repository, giving scripts full access to the JCR
APE	SpiderMonkey	Standalone HTTP	Used to write custom server modules (manage message queue, users, channels, sockets, HTTP, ...).
AppJet	Rhino (modified)		Also provides hosting in a virtual machine
Aptana Jaxer	SpiderMonkey	Apache HTTP Server	A community open source Ajax-server based on the Mozilla browser (DOM + JavaScript engine). HTML, JavaScript, and CSS are native to Jaxer, as are XMLHttpRequests, JSON, DOM scripting, etc. It offers access to databases, files, and networking, as well as logging, process management, scalability, security, integration APIs, and extensibility. Not developed anymore by Aptana.
ASP	JScript	IIS
CouchDB	SpiderMonkey	Standalone HTTP	Used in MapReduce and update validation functions as well as to transform JSON documents and view results into HTML or other content-types.
Eclipse e4	Rhino	Equinox OSGi, bundled with Jetty, any servlet container (using the servlet bridge)	Extensions can be written in JavaScript, not just Java, especially servlets using the OSGi HTTP Service. Frontends can be developed with Eclipse RAP using the SWT and JFace APIs, or any other UI framework. Focus is on modularity (plug-ins), extensibility, scalability.
EditMe	Rhino	Hosted (Tomcat)	Wiki with embedded JavaScript engine and API for application development within the wiki
GLUEscript	SpiderMonkey	Apache HTTP Server, FastCGI and stand-alone	Glueing Libraries Using Ecmascript (GLUE) ports sqlite, mysql, memcached, wxWidgets, POCO, ... to JavaScript. GLUEscript is the successor of wxJavaScript.[2]
Google Apps Script	Rhino (com.google.apps.maestro.rhino)	Google AppEngine	Implement Enterprise Workflows with Apps Script. Google Apps Script can be embedded in Google Sites giving your Google Site a backend. In addition, you can automate simple tasks across Google Products. Google Apps Script also allows interaction with non Google APIs and JDBC calls to databases.
GromJS	SpiderMonkey	Bauk	GromJS is a Server Side JavaScript (SSJS) interpreter which provides the ability to use an enhanced version of the JavaScript language on a web server with similar functionality to PHP, CGI, ASP, mod_perl or any other server side scripting solution.[3]
Helma	Rhino	Jetty HTTP Server	Complete package with web server and framework.
IBM Domino	IBM Domino	IBM Domino (web server)	as part of the xPages framework since version 8.5 (2009)
io.js	V8	Standalone	Originally based on Node.js[4]
JSSP	Rhino	Any Java servlet container	Contains a modified Rhino version for embedded SQL support
jaggery.js	Rhino	WSO2 Application Server	Jaggery is a framework to write webapps and HTTP-focused web services for all aspects of the application: front-end, communication, Server-side logic and persistence in pure Javascript.
MynaJS	Rhino	Any Java servlet container
Narwhal	Rhino, SpiderMonkey, V8[5]	Standalone
Node.js	V8, SpiderMonkey[6]	Standalone	JavaScript asynchronous, event-based I/O. Influenced by systems like Ruby's Event Machine, Perl's POE or Python's Twisted. Plenty of modules available.
Opera	Futhark	Opera Unite	JavaScript is the server-side language used to develop services for the Opera Unite feature of the Opera browser. This is a server built into the browser. The JavaScript API includes local file access to a virtual sandboxed file-system and persistent storage via persistent global variables.
Prudence	Rhino or Nashorn	JVM	Prudence bills itself as "a comprehensive platform for REST services, such as web pages and RESTful APIs" and scales with automatic clustering. In addition to JavaScript, it supports Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua, Groovy, and Clojure. It differs from node.js in that it is multi-threaded, built for the JVM, and makes use of integrated caching.[7]
SilkJS	V8	Standalone	JavaScript Synchronous, CommonJS, JST (JSP-like template)/Markdown templating, easily extended with C++/Javascript Linux/OSX compatible. Pre-fork Http Server, Modules: MySQL, ORM, memcached, redis, SQLite3, Oracle, ncurses, GD2, cURL, SSH, FTP/SFTP, GitHub, builtin - LESS compiler and CoffeeScript compiler. "SilkJS enables JavaScript as a scripting language in the server environment. You can think of SilkJS as a command shell, along the lines of Perl or PHP, except the language you write in is JavaScript."[8]
TeaJS	V8	Apache HTTP Server, FastCGI	Formerly known as v8cgi.
WakandaDB	WebKit JavaScriptCore	Standalone	JavaScript Synchronous multi-threaded web server and no-sql database, supporting the CommonJS module specification, written in C++.
Whitebeam	SpiderMonkey	Apache HTTP Server or standalone	JavaScript and XML application development environment with bindings to PostgreSQL, Curl, libGD, Email and others. Most often used as an Apache module. Can also run a Whitebeam Shell for batch/background processes.
SAP HANA XS Engine	V8 (SpiderMonkey before SPS11)	SAP HANA XS Engine	SAP in-memory database server side engine, which allows direct access SAP HANA database from Javascript applications. XS Engine has web-server functionality and can generate webpages directly, eliminating the application tier.
JXcore	V8, SpiderMonkey	Standalone	A Node.js fork targeting mobile devices and IoTs
ChakraCore	Chakra	Standalone or as JS engine in Node.js[9]	JavaScript engine originally developed by Microsoft for use in its Edge browser. Released source under MIT_License in January 2016.[10]

Other common server-side programming languages are JavaServer Pages (JSP), Active Server Pages (ASP), Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, ColdFusion, and others.

See also

• JavaScript
• Server-side JavaScript
• CommonJS implementations

References

1. , Release Notes for MongoDB 2.4
2. GLUEscript, By Franky Braem
3. GromJS, By Mark Constable
4. Joyent, io.js, Node.js Foundation and Version 4. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
6. , JXcore
7. "How is Prudence different from Node.js?".
8. SilkJS, By Michael Schwartz
9. "Microsoft ChakraCore Roadmap".
10. "ChakraCore Now Open".

External links

• The Server-Side JavaScript Google Group dedicated to creating cross-platform SSJS standard APIs.
• Mozilla JavaScript shells especially section "Standalone JavaScript shells"