WasmEdge

aid: wasmedge
name: WasmEdge
description: WasmEdge is a lightweight, high-performance, and extensible WebAssembly runtime for cloud native, edge, and decentralized
  applications. It powers serverless apps, embedded functions, microservices, smart contracts, and IoT devices. WasmEdge is
  a CNCF sandbox project providing an LLVM-based AoT compiler for maximum performance, and supporting WASI extensions for
  non-blocking networking, database access, and AI inference via TensorFlow, PyTorch, and OpenVINO.
url: https://wasmedge.org
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Cloud Native
- CNCF
- Edge Computing
- High Performance
- Runtime
- Serverless
- Wasm
- WebAssembly
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
apis:
- aid: wasmedge:wasmedge-c-api
  name: WasmEdge C API
  description: The WasmEdge C API provides a low-level interface for embedding the WasmEdge runtime into C/C++ host applications.
    It exposes the full WasmEdge runtime capabilities including module instantiation, function invocation, memory access,
    and plugin management.
  humanURL: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/c/intro/
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/c/intro/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge
  tags:
  - C API
  - Embedding
  - Low Level
- aid: wasmedge:wasmedge-rust-sdk
  name: WasmEdge Rust SDK
  description: The WasmEdge Rust SDK enables embedding WasmEdge WebAssembly functions in Rust host applications. It provides
    idiomatic Rust bindings for the WasmEdge C API, supporting module loading, instantiation, function calls, host function
    definitions, and plugin integration.
  humanURL: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/rust/intro/
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/rust/intro/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/WasmEdge/wasmedge-rust-sdk
  tags:
  - Rust
  - SDK
  - Embedding
- aid: wasmedge:wasmedge-go-sdk
  name: WasmEdge Go SDK
  description: The WasmEdge Go SDK provides Go language bindings for embedding the WasmEdge runtime in Go applications. It
    enables loading and executing WebAssembly modules from Go, defining host functions, and managing WasmEdge configurations
    programmatically.
  humanURL: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/go/intro/
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/go/intro/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/second-state/WasmEdge-go
  tags:
  - Go
  - SDK
  - Embedding
- aid: wasmedge:wasmedge-nodejs-sdk
  name: WasmEdge Node.js SDK
  description: The WasmEdge Node.js SDK allows embedding and calling WebAssembly functions from Node.js applications. It provides
    bindings for executing Wasm modules within the WasmEdge runtime from JavaScript, enabling high-performance compute from
    Node.js services.
  humanURL: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/node/
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wasmedge.org/docs/embed/node/
  tags:
  - Node.js
  - JavaScript
  - SDK
  - Embedding
- aid: wasmedge:wasmedge-plugin-system
  name: WasmEdge Plugin System
  description: WasmEdge's plugin system enables extending the runtime with custom host function packages. Plugins can be developed
    in Rust or C/C++ and loaded at runtime, providing capabilities like TensorFlow AI inference, image processing, database
    drivers, and WASI networking extensions.
  humanURL: https://wasmedge.org/docs/contribute/plugin/
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wasmedge.org/docs/contribute/plugin/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge
  tags:
  - Plugins
  - Extensions
  - TensorFlow
  - AI
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/second-state
- type: Website
  url: https://wasmedge.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://wasmedge.org/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://wasmedge.org/docs/start/getting-started/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/WasmEdge
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge
- type: Blog
  url: https://wasmedge.org/blog/
- type: Slack
  url: https://wasmedge.slack.com/
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.gg/U4B5sFTkFc
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/wasmedge-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/wasmedge-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/wasmedge-config-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/wasmedge-config-structure.json
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/wasmedge-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com