WASM instead of C Dependencies?

• bimg

  5 2,729 3.9 Go

  Go package for fast high-level image processing powered by libvips C library

  I have web applications written in Rust and Go that need some basic image processing (reading JPEGs, PNGs, writing JPEGs, WebPs, AVIFs and resizing). This is something I always struggle with, because most libraries for image processing are written in C (libpng, libwebp, mozjpeg; or higher-level ones like vips). While there are usually dependencies in each language build on top of those C dependencies, like bimg for Go, I don’t like having C dependencies in a Rust, Go or even Node.js projects.

• SaaSHub

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• wasmtime

  179 15,464 9.9 Rust

  A fast and secure runtime for WebAssembly

  

  Wasmtime: 272ms

• distroless

  124 19,139 9.2 Starlark

  🥑 Language focused docker images, minus the operating system.

  

  This is highly subjective, but I really want my Dockerfiles to either be FROM scratch or FROM gcr.io/distroless/static (GoogleContainerTools/distroless). To qualify, my applications must compile to static binaries and must not require libc. The worst case I’d be fine with is FROM gcr.io/distroless/base (static compiled, but libc is fine).

• wasmer

  134 19,066 10.0 Rust

  🚀 The leading Wasm Runtime supporting WASIX and WASI

  

  Wasmer Cranelift runtime: 275ms

• mozjpeg

  20 5,479 4.6 C

  Improved JPEG encoder.

  

  Testsetup: Encode a 6048x2048px big image using mozjpeg (mozjpeg-sys to be more specific), resize it down to 1008x665px using PistonDevelopers/resize, and decode it again using mozjpeg.

• mozjpeg-sys

  1 33 6.1 Rust

  Rust bindings for mozjpeg

  Testsetup: Encode a 6048x2048px big image using mozjpeg (mozjpeg-sys to be more specific), resize it down to 1008x665px using PistonDevelopers/resize, and decode it again using mozjpeg.

• resize

  1 127 5.7 Rust

  Simple resampling library in pure Rust (by PistonDevelopers)

  

  Testsetup: Encode a 6048x2048px big image using mozjpeg (mozjpeg-sys to be more specific), resize it down to 1008x665px using PistonDevelopers/resize, and decode it again using mozjpeg.

• wazero

  55 5,003 9.4 Go

  wazero: the zero dependency WebAssembly runtime for Go developers

  

  wazero: 450000ms (7.5min)

• squoosh

  281 22,085 4.3 TypeScript

  Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, right in the browser.

  

  GoogleChromeLabs/squoosh is actually pretty close to what I'd want, but isn't published as a Rust dependency and heavily relies on Node.js so doesn't work in Cloudflare Workers.

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