Cloudflare Workers
Also known as Workers
Serverless platform that runs code across Cloudflare's network.
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- Workers runs JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust and WebAssembly on Cloudflare's network.
- Code runs in V8 isolates, the way Chrome runs scripts from many sites.
- Its runtime, workerd, is open source.
Why it matters
- For developers who want to deploy apps and APIs worldwide without managing servers.
- Announced
- 29 September 20171
- Open to everyone
- 13 March 20181
- Engine
- V8, the JavaScript engine of Google Chrome1
- Runtime
- workerd, open source under Apache 2.0 since 27 September 20222
- Started by
- Kenton Varda3
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