WebAssembly
How vibe coders and indie builders use WebAssembly: 110 projects built with it and 2 built for it since May 2026.
Projects built with it
110
Share of stated stacks, 4 wks
0.8%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+2%
Add-ons built for it
2
Share of stated stacks, per week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
- Rust 30
- React 16
- Vercel 12
- GitHub Pages 11
- WebGPU 10
- Python 9
- TypeScript 9
- Web Workers 9
What's built with it
Latest projects built with WebAssembly
- photobaer — Edits layered images in the browser with Photoshop-style tools and opens and saves PSD files, all processed locally.“Looking for testers - photobaer: a free, open-source Photoshop alternative that runs offline in your browser and opens PSD”
- Fizzdoc — Processes documents such as PDFs and images entirely in the browser, so files never leave the device.“built a document tool that runs fully in the browser. then it took 6 minutes on my own phone”
- Hussain Compiler — Runs Python code in the browser via WebAssembly, with an editor and interactive terminal supporting input().“I built Python Compiler, a lightweight Python IDE that runs in your browser”
- ClientPDF — Merges, splits, compresses, signs, OCRs and redacts PDFs entirely in the browser without uploading files to a server.“I started building a PDF tool in Jan 2026 because I was skeptical of uploading private documents to a random website”
- arm64js — Emulates an ARMv8-A machine in a browser tab so real Linux, shells and TUI apps run without installation.“Arm64js - ARMv8-A emulator that runs real Linux in a browser tab”
- quadmath — Estimates flight time, thrust-to-weight and all-up weight for tiny FPV whoop drones and analyzes Betaflight blackbox logs in the browser.“I built a free build calculator, blackbox analyzer and browser sim for tiny FPV drones, with flight times anchored to builds I actually weighed and timed”
- Whistle Image — Converts images in bulk between JPEG, PNG, WebP and AVIF entirely in the browser, including zipped folders.“Bulk Full folder or zip image conversion I built with WASM and rust 🚀”
- repath — Simulates analog and digital circuits together in a browser-based schematic editor and shows voltages and currents on wires.“I built a circuit simulator that runs entirely in your browser — analog and digital in the same schematic”
- Krate — Packages desktop apps as single portable .krate files that run on Mac, Windows and Linux using a shared installed runtime.“I built a format where the same app file runs on Mac, Windows and Linux”
- SabioChess — Imports Chess.com and Lichess games into a browser-based board that runs Stockfish locally to classify each move and show evaluation.“I built SabioChess: A Chrome extension to 1-click export Chess.com & Lichess games for instant local analysis”
- BlindFlag — Privately compares two people's dealbreaker lists using client-side private set intersection, revealing a mismatched topic only when both consent.“I built a double-blind "dealbreaker" vault for new couples. It compares your secrets and lets you know if you clash (and why, if both people agree)”
- Snaply — Runs image tools like background removal, metadata viewing and stripping, redaction, and compression entirely in the browser without uploading files.“Built a privacy-first image toolkit that runs entirely in your browser, no uploads, now open source”
- ToolsWallet — Provides a collection of browser-based file and developer utilities that process files client-side without uploading them.“I built 45+ free, privacy-first web utilities (Chat to PDF, converters) that run 100% in-browser with zero backend storage”
- Verity — Checks images and videos for provenance, prior sightings, fact-check matches and metadata anomalies, and reports the evidence with a verified, unverified or suspicious verdict.“Verity — right-click any image to check what's actually verifiable (open source, local-first)”
- pythonmastery.io — Runs Python 3.13 in the browser via WebAssembly with no account, server execution, or setup, and includes lessons and quizzes.“I have been working on this online python compiler”
Latest add-ons built for WebAssembly
- mote — Edits text files in a minimal editor with syntax highlighting, multiple documents, and undo/redo across many platforms.“mote — cross-platform text editor in C89 (DOS, Windows, Linux, WASM)”
- WebAssembly Memory Scanner — Scans, filters and edits values in the memory of WebAssembly modules running in the browser, in a Cheat Engine style workflow.“I built a WebAssembly Memory Scanner extension (inspired by Cheat Engine) — feedback welcome”