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wasmi

v1.0.9 Growing

WebAssembly interpreter

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.86
No standard libraryWebAssemblyVirtualization #interpreter#vm#wasm#webassembly

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 24d ago)
  • โœ“Stable API (1.x for 8+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
  • !40% of releases were yanked

Security

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Downloads
16.1M
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
130
Size
241KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

941.6K downloads in the last 30 days (31.4K/day), up 32% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on wasmi. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

wasmi has only 1 owner despite 1.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Stable for 8+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 130 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Notable yanked versions

40% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include rustybuzz, wasm-instrument, smoldot, typst-library, pallet-contracts. When high-quality crates choose wasmi, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
24K/day avg+69%
010K20K30K40K50K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.31.2
33%
v0.32.3
29%
v0.40.0
19%
v0.9.1
10%
v0.13.2
9%

Release Timeline

130 releases52 yankedsince 2018
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Feature Flags

default =["std", "wat"]

std*wat*simdextra-checkshash-collectionsprefer-btree-collections

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.1K
crates depend on wasmi

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