Getting CommonJS

There are several implementations of the CommonJS standard, and you can choose the one that fits what you're trying to do.

Ai

Engine(s)

web browsers

Author(s)

Army8735

Implementations

Modules/AsynchronousDefinition

Akshell

Engine(s)

V8

Author(s)

Anton, Oleg

Implementations

Akshell uses synchronous I/O and provides a browser based IDE for developing and platform hosting webapps.

ArangoDB

Engine(s)

V8, mruby

Author(s)

FrankCeller

Implementations

Console (yes), Modules/1.1.1 (yes), Packages/1.0 (yes)

Our mission: projects are different, project requirements change. We want to offer with ArangoDB (formely known as AvocadoDB) a most universally applicable nosql database which can be used in a maximum number of different use cases.

CommonScript

https://github.com/Localnet/CommonScript

Engine(s)

web browsers

Author(s)

Alejandro Ojeda

Implementations

Modules/1.1.1 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0.1 (yes)

CouchDB

Engine(s)

SpiderMonkey

Author(s)

Mikeal

Implementations

Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1.1 (yes)

Dasquillette

Engine(s)

JSC

Author(s)

Hypernado

Implementations

Work-in-progress open-source, JavaScriptCore-based, CommonJS-complying JavaScript platform. Will eventually implement the entire CommonJS standard. Also will include a full JavaScriptCore Objective-C wrapper.

Ejscript

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)

FlyScript

Engine(s)

Author(s)

Khs4473

Implementations

Modules/Transport/E (yes), Modules/Wrappings (yes), Modules/Wrappings-Explicit-Dependencies (yes)

GLUEscript

Engine(s)

Spidermonkey/C++

Author(s)

Fbraem

Implementations

Modules/1.0 (yes)

GLUEscript (Glueing Libraries Using EcmaScript): The name covers the goal of this project: create a JavaScript engine which can be used as a general purpose language (like Perl for instance).

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)

JSBuild

Engine(s)

node, web browsers

Author(s)

Azer Koçulu

Implementations

Modules/1.0 (yes), Packages/1.0 (yes)

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

Engine(s)

JSC

Author(s)

Tlrobinson

Implementations

Binary/B (0.2), System/1.0 (0.2)

Narwhal on 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

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)

Nodules

Engine(s)

node, narwhal

Author(s)

Implementations

Modules/AsynchronousDefinition (yes)

OYE

http://www.w3cgroup.com/oye/

Engine(s)

WEB Browser

Author(s)

Dh20156

Implementations

Modules/AsynchronousDefinition; Modules/LoaderPlugin

OzJS

Engine(s)

web browsers

Author(s)

Dexteryy

Implementations

Modules/AsynchronousDefinition and Modules/Wrappings

PINF JS Loader

Engine(s)

node, web browsers, rhino, jetpack

Author(s)

Christoph Dorn

Implementations

Modules/1.1.1 (yes), Packages/1.0 (yes), Packages/1.1 (yes), Packages/Mappings/C (yes)

Versatile & Complete Module Loader for CommonJS JavaScript supporting all popular platforms.

PSLib

Engine(s)

ExtendScript

Author(s)

Themaxx

Implementations

CommonJS for Photoshop

Persevere

Engine(s)

Rhino

Author(s)

Kriszyp

Implementations

Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (?)

RequireJS

Engine(s)

web browsers, rhino

Author(s)

Implementations

Modules/AsynchronousDefinition (yes), Modules/Transport/C (yes)

RingoJS

Engine(s)

Rhino

Author(s)

Hannesw

Implementations

Binary/B (yes), Filesystem/A (minus globbing), Filesystem/A/0 (yes), IO/A (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (yes), System/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)

SeaJS

Engine(s)

node, web browsers

Author(s)

Lifesinger

Implementations

Modules/1.1.1 (yes), Modules/Wrappings (yes)

A new kind of JavaScript Loader to make it easy to build scalable web applications.

SilkJS

http://silkjs.net

Engine(s)

v8

Author(s)

Mschwartz

Implementations

Modules/1.1 (yes)

Smart Platform

Engine(s)

SpiderMonkey/C

Author(s)

Konobi, Joyent

Implementations

Modules/1.0 (yes)

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)

TeaJS (formerly v8cgi)

Engine(s)

v8

Author(s)

Ondřej Žára

Implementations

Binary/B (yes), Binary/F (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (yes), Modules/1.1.1 (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.

Wakanda

Engine(s)

JavaScriptCore/C++

Author(s)

4D, Alexandre.Morgaut

Implementations

Console (partial), HTTP Client/B (yes), Modules/1.0 (yes), Modules/1.1 (yes), Modules/1.1.1 (yes), System/1.0 (partial), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)

XULJet

Engine(s)

SpiderMonkey

Author(s)

Xkriva11

Implementations

Modules/1.0 (yes)

The JavaScript framework for the development of desktop applications based on Mozilla XULRunner run-time.

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)

Common Node

Engine(s)

v8

Author(s)

Oleg

Implementations

Binary/B (yes), Filesystem/A (yes), IO/A (yes), System/1.0 (yes), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)

Common Node implements a number of CommonJS proposals on top of Node.js using node-fibers.

curl.js

Engine(s)

web browsers

Author(s)

Unscriptable

Implementations

Modules/AsynchronousDefinition (yes), Modules/LoaderPlugin (yes)

Also supports Modules/1.1 (when properly wrapped), Packages/1.1

lithe

https://github.com/xiaojue/lithe

Engine(s)

Web browsers

Author(s)

Xiaojue

Implementations

A browser-side script loader,compatible with the de facto standards(NodeJS/CommonJS). It's very simple and small,only 2.3kb gzipped.

node.js

Engine(s)

v8

Author(s)

Ry

Implementations

Modules/1.0 (yes), Promises/B (http://github.com/kriskowal/q), Promises/D (https://github.com/kriskowal/q), Unit Testing/1.0 (yes)

sorrow.js

Engine(s)

v8

Author(s)

Slecuyer

Implementations

Filesystem/A/0 (permissions as integers), Modules/1.1.1 (yes), System/1.0 (yes)

V8 embedded platform intended for system scripting, currently under heavy development

when.js

Engine(s)

web browsers

Author(s)

Briancavalier

Implementations