dylibso/chicory

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1127 stars · 71 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Chicory is a WebAssembly runtime written in pure Java that runs Wasm modules on any JVM without native dependencies or JNI. It includes a parser, interpreter, and JIT compiler, with WASI support and a sandboxed execution model.

Use cases

• run webassembly modules inside a java application
• execute wasm plugins in a jvm environment without native libraries
• embed a wasm runtime in a maven or gradle project
• run wasm on any platform the jvm supports
• sandbox untrusted wasm code with jvm security guarantees
• call exported wasm functions from java code

When to choose

• you need to run Wasm in a Java application without shipping native binaries for multiple architectures
• you want JVM-level safety, observability, and tooling when executing Wasm
• you need a pure-Java, zero-dependency Wasm runtime

When to avoid

• you need maximum Wasm execution performance from a mature native runtime like Wasmtime or Wasmer
• your project is not on the JVM
• you need advanced Wasm features or extensions not yet supported by Chicory

Facets

library · maturity active

interpreter compiler jvm cross-platform webassembly-runtime pure-java wasi sandboxing zero-native-dependencies webassembly jvm runtime

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