WebAssembly Text Code Samples

Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by JasserInicide on Saturday April 22, 2023 @04:18PM (#35670534)

Been hearing about WASM on here for years now, but it's never about people actually using it. Are there any high-profile cases of it being used?

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Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by lioeters on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:22PM (#35671033)

One that comes to mind is the WASM port of FFmpeg:

Another is the SQLite WASM project:

Also v86 for x86 machine virtualization in the web browser:

A fun project is WASM-4, for building retro-style games:

Possibly more interesting projects to be found here:

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Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by fyrn_ on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:29PM (#35671085)

Zoom uses it quite extensively, Figma is built in it.

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Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by loaph on Saturday April 22, 2023 @06:04PM (#35671317)

My understanding is that https://photopea.com (very handy for basic photoshopesque image manipulation) uses it

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Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by fancy_pantser on Saturday April 22, 2023 @07:33PM (#35671869)

DuckDB

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Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by nequo on Saturday April 22, 2023 @08:17PM (#35672120)

Google Earth in the browser uses WASM too:

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Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by sp332 on Saturday April 22, 2023 @09:12PM (#35672412)

Just to be clear, wasm is usually a compilation target, not someting written by hand like on that site.

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Re:WebAssembly Text Code Samples by leephillips on Sunday April 23, 2023 @09:31AM (#35676086)

Fluid dynamics in your browser with a Julia program compiled to WASM:

Draw fluid boundaries with your mouse!

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