Show HN: WASM with JIT from a Swift SPM Package

Category: library

Tags: swift, wasm, wasmtime, jit, spm

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

This project provides a Swift Package Manager wrapper around the Wasmtime C API, enabling Swift developers to embed WebAssembly with JIT compilation in their applications. It offers a small, Swift-native API with thread-safe execution, extensive configuration options, and support for multiple platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows, and Apple mobile devices. Its integration of Wasmtime's powerful runtime into SwiftPM with cross-platform vendoring and Swift 6 concurrency safety makes it interesting for Swift developers exploring WASM.

Target audience: backend devs, iOS/macOS devs, systems programmers

Repository: https://github.com/OpenCow42/swift-wasmtime · C · Apache-2.0 · 5 stars

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