WasmEdge/WasmEdge
WasmEdge is a lightweight, high-performance, and extensible WebAssembly runtime for cloud native, edge, and decentralized applications. It powers serverless apps, embedded functions, microservices, smart contracts, and IoT devices. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
97/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 92
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 23
- age_days: 2469
- days_rel: 58
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
10787 stars · 1161 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
WasmEdge is a lightweight, high-performance, extensible WebAssembly runtime hosted by CNCF, designed for cloud native, edge, and decentralized applications. It runs Wasm apps compiled from Rust, C/C++, Go, and JavaScript, and powers serverless functions, microservices, embedded functions, smart contracts, IoT devices, and LLM inference via the LlamaEdge framework.
Use cases
- run webassembly apps on edge devices
- run llm models locally on my own device
- embed wasm functions into a go or rust host application
- run serverless functions faster than containers
- run javascript/node.js apps in a lightweight sandbox
- deploy wasm microservices to kubernetes
- run smart contracts on blockchain
- execute ai inference in a sandboxed runtime
When to choose
- you need a fast, lightweight alternative to Linux containers for serverless or edge workloads
- you want to embed sandboxed plugin functions in a host app written in C, Rust, Go, Java, or Python
- you want to run LLMs or AI models locally across GPUs with LlamaEdge
- you need Wasm support in the Docker/Kubernetes cloud native ecosystem
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose browser-side WebAssembly runtime rather than a server/edge runtime
- your stack depends on ecosystem tooling built for Wasmtime or Wasmtime-compatible APIs
- you need full POSIX/OS compatibility beyond what WASI and WasmEdge extensions provide
Facets
library · maturity active
wasm llm-inference container-runtime sdk interpreter cloud-computing developer-tools large-language-models iot blockchain windows cross-platform cpp rust go python cli webassembly-runtime wasi edge-computing serverless cncf smart-contracts wasi-nn quickjs containers linux macos docker kubernetes
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge · fetched 2026-08-28 · 658509478ad7
- homepage: https://WasmEdge.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0589cd3fe0c8
- site_page: https://wasmedge.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 772d4f7dc0d7
- site_page: https://wasmedge.org/docs/start/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · f7d0adc4feb6
- site_page: https://wasmedge.org/docs/develop/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0eecb72363bb
- site_page: https://wasmedge.org/docs/category/develop-wasm-apps-in-cc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 923e8725a315
- site_page: https://wasmedge.org/docs/category/develop-wasm-apps-in-rust · fetched 2026-08-29 · 760fdc6a4b03
- site_page: https://wasmedge.org/docs/category/develop-wasm-apps-in-go · fetched 2026-08-29 · d8df8e5ac51b
- site_page: https://wasmedge.org/docs/category/develop-wasm-apps-in-javascript · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8d0b9ab4f9e7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| WasmEdge/WasmEdge | main | 97 |
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