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.