# rustwasm/book

The Rust and WebAssembly Book

Repository: https://github.com/rustwasm/book
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rustwasm-book
Homepage: https://rustwasm.github.io/docs/book/
Language: Handlebars
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, mdbook, wasm, rust-wasm
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-08-25T19:34:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 38, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3010, "days_push": 373, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1827, forks 214 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.504633+00:00)

## What it is
The Rust and WebAssembly Book, an mdBook-based tutorial and reference for compiling Rust to WebAssembly. The repository and organization have been archived and are no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- learn how to compile rust to webassembly
- rust wasm tutorial with exercises
- getting started guide for rust and wasm
- wasm game of life tutorial
- documentation for using rust on the web

## When to choose
- you want a structured tutorial for Rust-to-WASM basics and don't mind archived content
- you need a free reference for common Rust/WASM workflows

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-date tooling guidance, since the project is archived and activity moved elsewhere
- you are looking for software to install rather than documentation to read

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation, wasm
- domain: tutorials, web-development, programming-languages
- platform: rust, wasm, browser
- tags: mdbook, rust-wasm, book, archived

## Member repositories
- rustwasm/book (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.504633+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:19:26.223372+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rustwasm/book (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.504633+00:00, sha 05215d442add)
  - homepage: https://rustwasm.github.io/docs/book/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:58:21.452020+00:00, sha 6e80e5925caa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.