WASM instead of C Dependencies?

• bimg

  5 2,543 4.2 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.

• wasmtime

  172 14,407 10.0 Rust

  A fast and secure runtime for WebAssembly

  

Wasmtime: 272ms

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• distroless

  122 17,695 9.3 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

  131 17,735 9.9 Rust

  🚀 The leading Wasm Runtime supporting WASIX, WASI and Emscripten

  

Wasmer Cranelift runtime: 275ms

• mozjpeg

  19 5,353 6.2 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 32 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

  1 120 7.2 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.

• InfluxDB

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• wazero

  52 4,535 9.8 Go

  wazero: the zero dependency WebAssembly runtime for Go developers

  

wazero: 450000ms (7.5min)

• squoosh

  266 20,888 6.2 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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