aioli VS biowasm

I am using https://github.com/biowasm/aioli which provides a already compiled wasm jq along with all the related support code for calling it

I, and many others, use jq play[0] a lot to craft queries.

However, jqplay.org sends everything to a back end behind the scene, so it can be slow for big input json, and not great for privacy.

Someone recently integrated jq compiled to web assembly in aioli.js[1], so I decided to make a jq play clone that runs in the browser.

It does not support sharing a query, but it's minimal, and does what I need for now.

[0]: https://jqplay.org/

[1]: https://github.com/biowasm/aioli

Good morning HN! This tool lets you play with awk, grep, sed, and jq commands right in your browser. Start from the examples and explore from there!

To get these tools running in the browser, I compiled them to WebAssembly (see https://github.com/biowasm/biowasm for details). That way, the commands you type run instantaneously, and it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg to host servers that execute arbitrary commands from users :)

Hello HN, this is an interactive awk tutorial that features a terminal in the browser to simulate the real experience.

To get it running in the browser, I compiled gawk from C to WebAssembly! If you're interested in how that was done, check out the biowasm project: https://github.com/biowasm/biowasm/tree/main/tools/gawk