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SpiderMonkey

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SpiderMonkey

Summary

SpiderMonkey is a JavaScript engine[1]. SpiderMonkey draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (javascript_engine category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • SpiderMonkey is the creator of Brendan Eich[3].
  • SpiderMonkey is the creator of Netscape[4].
  • SpiderMonkey's instance of is recorded as JavaScript engine[5].
  • SpiderMonkey's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • SpiderMonkey's founder is recorded as Brendan Eich[7].
  • Ateles is named after SpiderMonkey[8].
  • SpiderMonkey's logo image is recorded as SpiderMonkey Logo.png[9].
  • SpiderMonkey's developer is recorded as Mozilla Foundation[10].
  • SpiderMonkey's developer is recorded as Mozilla Corporation[11].
  • SpiderMonkey's copyright license is recorded as Mozilla Public License, version 2.0[12].
  • SpiderMonkey's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • SpiderMonkey's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[14].
  • SpiderMonkey's programmed in is recorded as Q575650[15].
  • SpiderMonkey's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[16].
  • SpiderMonkey's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[17].
  • SpiderMonkey's software version identifier is recorded as 31[18].
  • SpiderMonkey's software version identifier is recorded as 38[19].
  • SpiderMonkey's software version identifier is recorded as 45[20].
  • SpiderMonkey's software version identifier is recorded as 52.7.2[21].
  • SpiderMonkey's Commons category is recorded as SpiderMonkey[22].
  • SpiderMonkey's platform is recorded as cross-platform[23].
  • SpiderMonkey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019xbt[24].
  • SpiderMonkey's official website is recorded as https://spidermonkey.dev/[25].
  • SpiderMonkey's source code repository URL is recorded as https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/[26].
  • SpiderMonkey's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Created works include Brendan Eich[3], a computer scientist[28], b. 1961[29], of United States[30] and Netscape[4], a trademark[31], in United States[32], founded in 1994[33], headquartered in Mountain View[34].

Why It Matters

SpiderMonkey draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (javascript_engine category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] SpiderMonkey has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] SpiderMonkey is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Brendan Eich C++ cross-platform Floorp free software KaiOS Microsoft Windows Mozilla Corporation Rust Unix-like operating system Waterfox

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . developer.mozilla.org. developer.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . developer.mozilla.org. developer.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . developer.mozilla.org. developer.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . hg.mozilla.org. Retrieved . hg.mozilla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spidermonkey_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{SpiderMonkey}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spidermonkey}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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