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* wasi-nn: turn it on by default This change makes the wasi-nn Cargo feature a default feature. Previously, a wasi-nn user would have to build a separate Wasmtime binary (e.g. `cargo build --features wasi-nn ...`) to use wasi-nn and the resulting binary would require OpenVINO shared libraries to be present in the environment in order to run (otherwise it would fail immediately with linking errors). With recent changes to the `openvino` crate, the wasi-nn implementation can defer the loading of the OpenVINO shared libraries until runtime (i.e., when the user Wasm program calls `wasi_ephemeral_nn::load`) and display a user-level error if anything goes wrong (e.g., the OpenVINO libraries are not present on the system). This runtime-linking addition allows the wasi-nn feature to be turned on by default and shipped with upcoming releases of Wasmtime. This change should be transparent for users who do not use wasi-nn: the `openvino` crate is small and the newly-available wasi-nn imports only affect programs in which they are used. For those interested in reviewing the runtime linking approach added to the `openvino` crate, see https://github.com/intel/openvino-rs/pull/19. * wasi-nn spec path: don't use canonicalize * Allow dependencies using the ISC license The ISC license should be [just as permissive](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/isc) as MIT, e.g., with no additional limitations. * Add a `--wasi-modules` flag This flag controls which WASI modules are made available to the Wasm program. This initial commit enables `wasi-common` by default (equivalent to `--wasi-modules=all`) and allows `wasi-nn` and `wasi-crypto` to be added in either individually (e.g., `--wasi-modules=wasi-nn`) or as a group (e.g., `--wasi-modules=all-experimental`). * wasi-crypto: fix unused dependency Co-authored-by: Pat Hickey <pat@moreproductive.org>
wasmtime
A standalone runtime for WebAssembly
A Bytecode Alliance project
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Installation
The Wasmtime CLI can be installed on Linux and macOS with a small install script:
$ curl https://wasmtime.dev/install.sh -sSf | bash
Windows or otherwise interested users can download installers and binaries directly from the GitHub Releases page.
Example
If you've got the Rust compiler installed then you can take some Rust source code:
fn main() {
println!("Hello, world!");
}
and compile/run it with:
$ rustup target add wasm32-wasi
$ rustc hello.rs --target wasm32-wasi
$ wasmtime hello.wasm
Hello, world!
Features
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Lightweight. Wasmtime is a standalone runtime for WebAssembly that scales with your needs. It fits on tiny chips as well as makes use of huge servers. Wasmtime can be embedded into almost any application too.
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Fast. Wasmtime is built on the optimizing Cranelift code generator to quickly generate high-quality machine code at runtime.
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Configurable. Whether you need to precompile your wasm ahead of time, generate code blazingly fast with Lightbeam, or interpret it at runtime, Wasmtime has you covered for all your wasm-executing needs.
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WASI. Wasmtime supports a rich set of APIs for interacting with the host environment through the WASI standard.
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Standards Compliant. Wasmtime passes the official WebAssembly test suite, implements the official C API of wasm, and implements future proposals to WebAssembly as well. Wasmtime developers are intimately engaged with the WebAssembly standards process all along the way too.
Language Support
You can use Wasmtime from a variety of different languages through embeddings of the implementation:
- Rust - the
wasmtimecrate - C - the
wasm.h,wasi.h, andwasmtime.hheaders - Python - the
wasmtimePyPI package - .NET - the
WasmtimeNuGet package - Go - the
wasmtime-gorepository
Documentation
📚 Read the Wasmtime guide here! 📚
The wasmtime guide is the best starting point to learn about what Wasmtime can do for you or help answer your questions about Wasmtime. If you're curious in contributing to Wasmtime, it can also help you do that!
It's Wasmtime.