Awesome WebAssembly Runtimes

This repo contains a list of virtual machines and tools that execute the WebAssembly(wasm) format and/or compile it to executable machine code :octocat:

Legend

:rocket: - Active development
:sleeping: - Unmaintained (been more than a year since last commit)

CONTENTS

• CMM of Wasm :sleeping:
• EOSVM :rocket:
• FDVM :sleeping:
• inNative :rocket:
• Life :rocket:
• Lucet :rocket:
• wasm3 :rocket:
• Motor :sleeping:
• py-wasm :rocket:
• Serverless Wasm :sleeping:
• Swam :rocket:
• VMIR :sleeping:
• wac :rocket:
• Wagon :rocket:
• WAKit :rocket:
• Warpy :rocket:
• Wasmer :rocket:
• Wasmo :rocket:
• WasmRT :sleeping:
• Wasmtime :rocket:
• WasmVM :rocket:
• WasmVM :rocket:
• WAVM :rocket:
• WebAssembly :sleeping:
• WebAssembly Micro Runtime :rocket:
• TWVM :rocket:

CMM of Wasm top⇈

A compiler from WebAssembly to native code, via the OCaml backend.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

  • N/A

• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

EOSVM top⇈

EOS VM is designed from the ground up for the high demands of blockchain applications which require far more from a WebAssembly engine than those designed for web browsers or standards development.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

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• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

FDVM top⇈

WASM runtime to develop server-side WebAssembly applications.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

inNative top⇈

An AOT (ahead-of-time) compiler for WebAssembly that creates C compatible binaries, either as sandboxed plugins you can dynamically load, or as stand-alone executables that interface directly with the operating system.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

  • N/A

• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

Life top⇈

Life is a secure & fast WebAssembly VM built for decentralized applications, written in Go by Perlin Network.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

Lucet top⇈

Lucet is a native WebAssembly compiler and runtime. It is designed to safely execute untrusted WebAssembly programs inside your application.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

• Non-web standards

  • WASI
  • wasm-c-api

• Used by

  • N/A

• Platforms supported

wasm3/wasm3 top⇈

? A high performance WebAssembly interpreter

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

• Non-web standards

  • WASI

• Used by

  • N/A

• Platforms supported

Motor top⇈

Motor is a WebAssembly runtime, which aims for secure and efficient execution of WebAssembly programs

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

py-wasm top⇈

A python implementation of the WebAssembly interpreter

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

  • N/A

• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

  • N/A

• Platforms supported

Serverless wasm top⇈

A small demo of Web Assembly's potential outside of browsers

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

Swam top⇈

WebAssembly engine in Scala

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

VMIR top⇈

VMIR is a standalone library written in C that can parse and execute WebAssembly and LLVM Bitcode files

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

wac top⇈

A Minimal WebAssembly interpreter written in C.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

wagon top⇈

Wagon is a WebAssembly-based interpreter in Go, for Go.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

  • N/A

• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

WAKit top⇈

A WebAssembly runtime written in Swift.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

  • N/A

• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

Warpy top⇈

WebAssembly interpreter in RPython.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

Wasmer top⇈

Wasmer is a standalone WebAssembly runtime for running WebAssembly outside of the browser, supporting WASI and Emscripten.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

• Non-MVP features supported

• Host APIs supported

• Non-web standards

  • WASI
  • wasm-c-api

• Used by

  • Spacemesh Virtual Machine - A Spacemesh smart contracts vm

• Platforms supported

Wasmi top⇈

A Wasm interpreter.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

  • N/A

• Used by

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• Platforms supported

Wasmo top⇈

An Embeddable WebAssembly VM

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

  • N/A

• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

wasmrt top⇈

wasmrt is a runtime built for native execution of WebAssembly modules (virtualized at first, eventually JIT).

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

Wasmtime top⇈

Wasmtime is a standalone wasm-only runtime for WebAssembly, using the Cranelift JIT

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

• Non-MVP features supported

• Host APIs supported

• Non-web standards

  • WASI
  • wasm-c-api

• Used by

  • N/A

• Platforms supported

WasmVM top⇈

An unofficial standalone WebAssembly process virtual machine

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

wasmvm top⇈

WebAssembly Virtual Machine, which aim to fit embedded systems.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

WAVM top⇈

WebAssembly Virtual Machine, which aim to fit embedded systems.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

• Host APIs supported

• Non-web standards

  • WASI

• Used by

  • N/A

• Platforms supported

webassembly top⇈

An experimental, minimal toolkit and runtime on top of node to produce and run WebAssembly modules

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

WebAssembly Micro Runtime top⇈

WebAssembly Micro Runtime (WAMR) is a standalone WebAssembly (WASM) runtime with small footprint

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

TWVM top⇈

A tiny and efficient WebAssembly virtual machine.

• Languages written in

• Compiler framework

• Compilation / Execution modes

• Interoperability with other languages

  • N/A

• Non-MVP features supported

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• Host APIs supported

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• Non-web standards

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• Used by

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• Platforms supported

License

To the extent possible under law, Steve Akinyemi has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.