Getting CommonJS
There are several implementations of the CommonJS standard, and you can choose the one that fits what you're trying to do.
CouchDB
- Engine(s)
- SpiderMonkey
- Author(s)
- Mikeal
- Implementations
- Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1.1 (yes)
Ejscript
http://github.com/embedthis/ejs-2
- Engine(s)
- Ejscript
- Author(s)
- Mob
- Implementations
- Modules/1.1 (2.x)
Flusspferd
- Engine(s)
- Spidermonkey/C++
- Author(s)
- Ash Berlin, Aristid Breitkreuz, Rüdiger Sonderfeld
- Implementations
- Binary/B (yes), Encodings/A (yes), Filesystem/A/0 (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (0.9), System/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)
GPSEE
http://code.google.com/p/gpsee/
- Engine(s)
- SpiderMonkey/C
- Author(s)
- Wes Garland, Donny Viszneki
- Implementations
- Binary/B (yes), Filesystem/A/0 (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (yes), System/1.0 (yes)
Narwhal
http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal
- Engine(s)
- Rhino, v8, JSC
- Author(s)
- Tlrobinson, Kris Kowal
- Implementations
- Modules/1.0 (0.1), Modules/1.1 (0.2), Modules/1.1.1 (0.2), Promises/B (0.5), Unit Testing/1.0 (0.2)
Narwhal on JSC
http://github.com/280north/narwhal-jsc
- Engine(s)
- JSC
- Author(s)
- Tlrobinson
- Implementations
- Binary/B (0.2), System/1.0 (0.2)
Narwhal on Node
http://github.com/kriskowal/narwhal-node
- Engine(s)
- v8
- Author(s)
- Kris Kowal, Paul Baumgart
- Implementations
- Binary/B (0.5), Filesystem/A (0.5), Filesystem/A/0 (0.5), System/1.0 (0.5)
Narwhal on Rhino
http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal
- Engine(s)
- Rhino
- Author(s)
- Tlrobinson, Kris Kowal
- Implementations
- Binary/B (0.2), Filesystem/A (draft 4 in 0.1), Filesystem/A/0 (8a45686), System/1.0 (0.2)
Persevere
- Engine(s)
- Rhino
- Author(s)
- Kriszyp
- Implementations
- Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (?)
RequireJS
- Engine(s)
- web browsers, rhino
- Author(s)
- Implementations
RingoJS
- Engine(s)
- Rhino
- Author(s)
- Hannesw
- Implementations
- Binary/B (yes), Filesystem/A (minus globbing), Filesystem/A/0 (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (yes), System/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)
Smart Platform
http://github.com/joyent/smart-platform/
SproutCore 1.1/Tiki
- Engine(s)
- web browsers
- Author(s)
- CharlesJolley
- Implementations
- Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (?), System/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)
Wakanda
- Engine(s)
- JavaScriptCore/C++
- Author(s)
- Alexandre.Morgaut
- Implementations
- Console (yes), HTTP Client/B (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (yes), Modules/1.1.1 (yes), System/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)
Yabble
http://github.com/jbrantly/yabble
- Engine(s)
- web browsers
- Author(s)
- Jbrantly
- Implementations
- Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1.1 (yes), Modules/Async/A (yes), Modules/Transport/C (yes), Modules/Transport/D (yes)
node.js
- Engine(s)
- v8
- Author(s)
- Ry
- Implementations
- Modules/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)
v8cgi
http://code.google.com/p/v8cgi/
- Engine(s)
- v8
- Author(s)
- Ondřej Žára
- Implementations
- Binary/B (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (yes), System/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)
V8 embedding written in C++. Aims for webpage development scenarios, high CommonJS compliance and ease of use.
- // Formatting has been cleaned up around the site and on the Modules 1.0 page.
- // This website has been replaced with a new one backed by the wiki so it can be edited by the whole commonjs community.
- // We are no longer using the bulk 0.1 and 0.5 specification version numbers. Specs individually are marked as standards.
CommonJS Links
- // Wiki (standards-in-training!)
- // Mailing list
- // #commonjs on irc.freenode.net