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Oilpan: C++ Garbage Collection

Oilpan is an open-source garbage collection library for C++ that can be used stand-alone or in collaboration with V8's JavaScript garbage collector.

Key properties

Trace-based garbage collection;
Precise on-heap memory layout;
Conservative on-stack memory layout;
Allows for collection with and without considering stack;
Incremental and concurrent marking;
Incremental and concurrent sweeping;
Non-incremental and non-concurrent compaction for selected spaces;

See the Hello World example on how to get started using Oilpan to manage C++ code.

Oilpan follows V8's project organization, see e.g. on how we accept contributions and provide a stable API.