WebAssembly (Wasm) Foundation

Overview

Foundation established to govern the WebAssembly standard. WebAssembly enables near-native performance for web applications and edge computing.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 2023-06-01

  • Headquarters: Switzerland (registered)

  • Status: Non-profit foundation

  • Founded in 2023 by Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Amazon, Apple, and others

  • WebAssembly (Wasm) enables near-native performance in browsers and beyond

  • Wasm is portable, sandboxed, and language-agnostic

  • Used for edge computing, cloud-native workloads, and plugin systems

  • Major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) support Wasm runtime

  • Competes with containerization for lightweight deployment

Products Mentioned in Wiki

  • webassembly
  • wasmtime
  • wazero

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