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Hermes

An open source and lightweight JavaScript engine (by Facebook)
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What is Hermes?

It is a JavaScript engine optimized for fast start up of React Native apps on Android. It features ahead-of-time static optimization and compact bytecode.
Hermes is a tool in the JavaScript Compilers category of a tech stack.
Hermes is an open source tool with 9.3K GitHub stars and 592 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Hermes's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Hermes?

Companies
3 companies reportedly use Hermes in their tech stacks, including Engineering Team, olist, and CoinGecko Mobile.

Developers
19 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Hermes.

Hermes Integrations

Hermes's Features

  • ahead-of-time static optimization
  • Faster App Launch

Hermes Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Hermes?
Apollo
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Loki
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Mercury
A modular JSON-RPC library that allows pluggable transport layers, JSON libraries, and effect/async monads. It is used to communicate with embedded devices where the device is acting in the server role.
Modernizr
It’s a collection of superfast tests or detects as we like to call them which run as your web page loads, then you can use the results to tailor the experience to the user. It tells you what HTML, CSS and JavaScript features the user’s browser has to offer.
Babel
Babel will turn your ES6+ code into ES5 friendly code, so you can start using it right now without waiting for browser support.
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Hermes's Followers
35 developers follow Hermes to keep up with related blogs and decisions.