WebAssembly Alternatives

WebAssembly is described as 'Or wasm is a new portable, size- and load-time-efficient format suitable for compilation to the web' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to WebAssembly for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Web-based apps. The best WebAssembly alternative is JavaScript, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WebAssembly are ReScript, Bosque, Native Client and PureScript.

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  1. JavaScript icon

    JavaScript

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    JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments.

    60 JavaScript alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • AROS
    • Haiku
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    • JavaScript is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to WebAssembly.

    • JavaScript is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WebAssembly.

    • JavaScript is Free and Open SourceWebAssembly is also Free and Open Source
    • JavaScript is LightweightWebAssembly is not according to our users
  2. ReScript icon

    ReScript

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    ReScript is a robustly typed language that compiles to efficient and human-readable JavaScript. It comes with a lightning fast compiler toolchain that scales to any codebase size.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • JavaScript
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Visual Studio Code
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    • ReScript is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to WebAssembly.

    • ReScript is Free and Open SourceWebAssembly is also Free and Open Source
  4. Bosque icon

    Bosque

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    The Bosque programming language is an experiment in regularized design for a machine assisted rapid and reliable software development lifecycle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
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  5. Native Client

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    Google's Native Client brings the performance and low-level control of native code to modern web browsers, without sacrificing the security and portability of the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. PureScript icon

    PureScript

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    PureScript was initially designed by Phil Freeman in 2013. He started to work on PureScript since he wasn't satisfied by other attempts to transpile Haskell to JavaScript (e.g. using Fay, Haste, or GHCJS).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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