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Zig WebAssembly Runtime Engine
https://github.com/malcolmstill/zware

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Zig WebAssembly Runtime Engine

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zware


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Zig WebAssembly Runtime Engine

## About

`zware` is a library for executing WebAssembly embedded in [Zig](https://ziglang.org) programs.

## Example

From `examples/fib`:

```zig
const std = @import("std");
const zware = @import("zware");
const Store = zware.Store;
const Module = zware.Module;
const Instance = zware.Instance;
const GeneralPurposeAllocator = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator;
var gpa = GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){};

pub fn main() !void {
defer _ = gpa.deinit();
const alloc = gpa.allocator();

const bytes = @embedFile("fib.wasm");

var store = Store.init(alloc);
defer store.deinit();

var module = Module.init(alloc, bytes);
defer module.deinit();
try module.decode();

var instance = Instance.init(alloc, &store, module);
try instance.instantiate();
defer instance.deinit();

const n = 39;
var in = [1]u64{n};
var out = [1]u64{0};

try instance.invoke("fib", in[0..], out[0..], .{});

const result: i32 = @bitCast(@as(u32, @truncate(out[0])));
std.debug.print("fib({}) = {}\n", .{ n, result });
}
```

## Requirements

### Compile-time

- Zig 0.12 (master)

### Run-time

- None, zig generates static binaries:

```bash
➜ zware git:(master) ✗ ldd fib
not a dynamic executable
```

## Goals

- Embed WebAssembly programs in other zig programs
- Be fast enough to be useful

## Status

- The project is very much alpha quality
- WebAssembly 2.0 supported (apart from the vector / SIMD support which is WIP)
- The WebAssembly official testsuite passes (not including SIMD tests)
- Partial WASI support

## Running tests

Use `zig build --help` to see all the test targets, here's a summary of the important ones:

```sh
zig build test # Run all the tests (includes unittest and testsuite)
zig build unittest # Run the library unittests
zig build testsuite # Run all the testsuite tests
zig build test-NAME # Run the NAME testsuite test, i.e. test-type
```

## Does it run doom?

Yes, [yes it does](https://github.com/malcolmstill/zware-doom)

https://github.com/malcolmstill/zware/assets/2567177/c9acdcb2-69e7-495f-b3f1-89cf6b807a43