Re:OpenWorkers: Self-Hosted Cloudflare Workers in Rust
by max_lt on Thursday January 01, 2026 @01:09PM
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Thanks! Main differences:
1. Complete stack: workerd is just the runtime. OpenWorkers includes the full platform – dashboard, API, scheduler, logs, and self-hostable bindings (KV, S3/R2, Postgres).
2. Runtime: workerd uses Cloudflare's C++ codebase, OpenWorkers is Rust + rusty_v8. Simpler, easier to hack on.
3. Managed offering: Yes, there's already one at dash.openworkers.com – free tier available. But self-hosting is a first-class citizen.
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Re:OpenWorkers: Self-Hosted Cloudflare Workers in Rust
by csomar on Friday January 02, 2026 @03:34AM
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Question: Do you support WASM workers? How does the deployment experience compared to Wrangler? If I have a wasm worker and only use KV, how identical will be the deployed worker to that of Cloudflare?
Re:OpenWorkers: Self-Hosted Cloudflare Workers in Rust
by max_lt on Friday January 02, 2026 @04:31AM
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WASM is supported, V8 handles it natively. Tested it briefly, works, but not user-friendly at all yet.
OpenWorkers CLI is in development. We're at the pre-wrangler stage honestly. Dashboard or API for now, wrangler-style DX with Github/GitLab integration is the goal.