Chakra (JScript engine)

This article is about the engine of Internet Explorer. For the engine of Microsoft Edge Legacy, see Chakra (JavaScript engine). For other uses, see Chakra (disambiguation).

Chakra
Developer	Microsoft
Release	2009 (2009)
Written in	C++
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	JScript engine
License	Proprietary

Chakra is a JScript engine used in the Internet Explorer web browser, both developed by Microsoft as proprietary software.

Microsoft later developed a new JavaScript engine for its Microsoft Edge Legacy browser, which shares the same name as its predecessor. Microsoft Edge changed to V8 in 2020 when it became a Chromium-based browser.