QJSC(1)                     General Commands Manual                    QJSC(1)

NAME
       qjsc - QuickJS-NG bytecode compiler


SYNOPSIS
       qjsc [OPTION]... [FILE]...


DESCRIPTION
       QuickJS-NG is a small and embeddable JavaScript engine.  It aims to
       support the latest ECMAScript specification.

       The qjsc executable runs the JavaScript compiler.  It can generate
       bytecode from source files which can then be embedded in an executable,
       or it can generate the necessary scaffolding to build a C application
       which embeds QuickJS.


OPTIONS
       -b     Output raw bytecode instead of C code.


       -C     Compile as classic JavaScript script.  By default, qjsc will try
              to detect if each FILE is a JS script or an ES module.


       -D MODULE_NAME
              Compile a dynamically loaded module or worker.


       -e     Output main() and bytecode in a C file.


       -m     Compile as ECMAScript module.  By default, qjsc will try to
              detect if each FILE is a JS script or an ES module.


       -M MODULE_NAME[,CNAME]
              Add initialization code for an external C module.


       -n SCRIPT_NAME
              Set the script name (as used in stack traces).


       -N CNAME
              Set the C name of the generated data.


       -o OUTPUT
              Set the output filename.


       -p PREFIX
              Add a prefix to generated C names.


       -P     Do not add default system modules.


       -s     Strip the source code. Specify this option twice to also strip
              debug info.


       -S N   Set the maximum stack size to N bytes (default is 1 048 576).


SEE ALSO
   Man pages
       qjs(1)

   Online documentation
       Detailed documentation about the project can be found at:
       https://quickjs-ng.github.io/quickjs/

                                  2026-07-22                           QJSC(1)