WebAssembly Compiler

Open-source WebAssembly projects categorized as Compiler

Top 7 WebAssembly Compiler Projects

  1. assemblyscript

    A TypeScript-like language for WebAssembly.

    Project mention: A Rust Shaped Hole | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-16

    This is probably the closest thing to that: https://www.assemblyscript.org/

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. waforth

    Small but complete dynamic Forth Interpreter/Compiler for and in WebAssembly

    Project mention: Ask HN: Languages Designed for WASM? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-29
  4. wizard-engine

    Research WebAssembly Engine

    Project mention: The Wizard Engine: A WASM virtual machine for research and teaching | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-17
  5. wasker

    WebAssembly AoT compiler for your favorite Operating System

  6. wasm2lua

    wasm2lua: converting WASM into Lua

  7. VectorVisor

    VectorVisor is a vectorizing binary translator for GPUs, designed to make it easy to run many copies of a single-threaded WebAssembly program in parallel using GPUs

  8. dora

    The Ultimate Layer for on-chain Computing and Verification (by dp-labs)

    Project mention: Dora: High-Performance EVM and WASM Compiler Based on MLIR for Onchain Computing | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-21
  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • Ask HN: Languages Designed for WASM?

    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jun 2025
  • The Wizard Engine: A WASM virtual machine for research and teaching

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Mar 2025
  • Is WebAssembly Memory64 worth using?

    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2025
  • The many faces of undefined in JavaScript

    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jun 2024
  • Show HN: WebAssembly Instrumentation in the Wizard Research Engine

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Mar 2024
  • Push ifs up and fors down

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Nov 2023
  • Parallelizing WebAssembly Execution on GPUs

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Oct 2023
  • A note from our sponsor - Stream
    getstream.io | 18 Jul 2025
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Compiler projects in WebAssembly? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 assemblyscript 17,447
2 waforth 539
3 wizard-engine 440
4 wasker 281
5 wasm2lua 201
6 VectorVisor 150
7 dora 23

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Did you know that WebAssembly is
the 60th most popular programming language
based on number of references?