WebAssembly

Portable, efficient virtual machine and bytecode format for compiled code on the Web

2015Appeared

2.0Latest version

Facts

Appeared: 2015
Latest version: 2.0 (June 1, 2022)
Kind: project, file format, computing platform, expression-oriented programming language, bytecode
Paradigms: structured programming, imperative programming, stack-oriented programming
Designed by: World Wide Web Consortium
Developer: Microsoft, Apple Inc., World Wide Web Consortium, Google, Mozilla
Influenced by: Google Native Client, Asm.js
File extensions: .wasm .wast
Licence: Apache License
Influences listed: 2

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
Artemis	—	—	—	—
Kotlin	2011	generic programming, reflective programming, concurrent computing, functional programming, structured programming, imperative programming, declarative programming, object-oriented programming	static typing, inference typing, strong typing	2
Motoko	2019	—	—	—
Rust	2006	generic programming, concurrent computing, procedural programming, functional programming, imperative programming, object-oriented programming	static typing, nominative typing, inference typing, linear typing, strong typing	12
Virgil	2012	—	—	—

Framework	Kind	Implemented in	Licence
D3wasm	source port	—	GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Kiesel	free software, JavaScript engine	Zig	MIT License
MuPDF	file viewer, software library, Java software library, file converter, free software, software development kit	C, Java	GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
AssemblyScript	—	—	—	—

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
Crystal	2014	concurrent computing, multi-paradigm programming, object-oriented programming	static typing, nominative typing, duck typing, inference typing	—

Framework	Kind	Licence
GDevelop	open-source software, game engine, free software, game creation system	MIT License

Framework	Kind	Implemented in	Licence
Godot	game engine	C, Objective-C, C#, C++, Java, OpenGL Shading Language	MIT License