Wasmer

What is Wasmer?

Wasmer runs applications in lightweight WebAssembly sandboxes locally or on its cloud infrastructure. It provides a runtime, a package registry, and an edge deployment platform for developers. Users can install the command-line tool or run packages directly in a web browser.

What are the features of Wasmer?

• WebAssembly runtime

  Executes sandboxed applications locally via CLI, Browser, Node.js, Python, or Swift (iOS), claiming 107× faster cold starts and 20 MB memory per instance compared to Docker.
• Package registry

  Hosts ready-to-run software packages including Bash, PHP, Node.js, Python, SQLite, FFmpeg, PostgreSQL, and Clang.
• Edge deployment

  Deploys applications to Wasmer Edge cloud infrastructure using templates for frameworks such as Next.js, WordPress, Django, Nuxt, Laravel, Hugo, Astro, and Vite.
• WASIX system interface

  Powers the registry and runtime to standardize how WebAssembly modules interact with the host operating system.

What are the use cases of Wasmer?

• Browser-based media processing

  Running tools like FFmpeg and ffprobe natively inside a web browser via WebAssembly.
• Framework hosting

  Deploying web applications built with Next.js, Django, Laravel, or other supported frameworks to the edge using preconfigured templates.

How to use Wasmer?

1. Install the CLI

   Run the command curl https://get.wasmer.io -sSfL | sh in a terminal.
2. Select a language

   Choose from supported environments such as Bash, Python, or Node.js.
3. Run a package

   Execute a command to launch a package from the registry on your local machine.

Wasmer Pricing Information:

• Free deployment

  The source states users can deploy for free; specific quotas or plan limits are not detailed.
• Cloud compute rate

  The vendor claims a cost of $0.000002 per second based on a model of 100,000 concurrent sandboxes.