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Products that do what SSVM – Speed up your Node.js apps with Rust and WebAssembly does
Raw performance (the lack of) is always a contentious point for JavaScript, especially in our post-Moore era of computing. Node.js gets around this issue through extensive of use of native libraries and modules written in C, including the V8 JS engine itself. But as application developers, how do YOU create high performance functions? Write in C and run as a NAPI module? Write in Rust and run as a V8 wasm? Well, there is another (better and faster) way now! The SSVM is a fully featured WebAssembly VM that is optimized for server-side applications.…
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2020 · secondstate.io
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2020 · github.com
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Hi, over the past few months I've been working on this project: Numax is a small Rust runtime that does three things: it runs WebAssembly modules in a sandbox, has a built-in local key-value store, and syncs everything across nodes with CRDTs and gossip. Basically, you write a wasm module, run it on two machines, and they converge (I hope !). It's a decentralized system... I hope someone finds it interesting! There's a whitepaper I've put a lot into, and I think the code isn't bad either! I believe there's still room in this world for software that's fun and well made, and while building…
Jun 2026 · github.com
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LeakSignal project uses WASM in Envoy server to check for sensitive data leaks
2022 · github.com
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2018 · github.com
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2020 · github.com
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Hi everyone, I was recently much frustrated with speed of k9s that I use regularly and decided to create a rust alternative that is much faster. Architecture comes from me, and (shocking) Fable coded most of the things. My whole company switched to it and experience has been great - much faster, integrated tightly with Flux/helm/externalsecrets and develops much faster. I know that there is an overall sentiment on HN with using LLMs, so YMMV. In terms of speed, you can check the benchmarks:…
18d ago · github.com
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Oct 2025 · shyam20001.github.io
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I’ve been experimenting with building a Node.js HTTP framework using Rust + Hyper with N-Api. The project started as a fully synchronous server, but I recently patched it to support async (Tokio/Hyper). That change alone nearly doubled throughput in benchmarks. What’s different: * Built directly on Hyper, no heavy abstraction * napi glue for Node.js bindings * Minimal core (sync and async engines side-by-side) * Focused on raw performance, not plugins (yet) This is still experimental and not production-ready. I’d like feedback on: * Async API design — does it feel ergonomic? *…
2025
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2018 · github.com
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2021 · webassembly.cloud
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Over the past few months, as we scaled our internal AI Agents, we hit a dead end: Running LLM-generated arbitrary code in Docker is basically running naked on security due to container escape risks. But using full traditional VMs takes minutes to boot and eats too much memory to support high-density concurrency. We loved the developer experience of SaaS sandboxes on the market, but they are closed-source, expensive, and have too high a barrier to entry for self-hosting. So, our team decided to build our own. After months of grinding, using RustVMM and KVM, we built a blazing-fast,…
Apr 2026 · github.com
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fasthex - a very optimized hex dumper with all the features other hex dumpers have too
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Hi, I've made a Dis virtual machine and Limbo programming language compiler (called RiceVM) in Rust. It can run Dis bytecode (for example, Inferno OS applications), compile Limbo programs, and includes a fairly complete runtime with garbage collection, concurrency features, and many of the standard modules from Inferno OS's original implementation. The project is still in an early stage, but if you're interested in learning more about RiceVM or trying it out, you can check out the links below: Project's GitHub repo: https://github.com/habedi/ricevm RiceVM documentation:…
Apr 2026
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actually, nothing special about this implementation. just another event loop written in rust for educational purposes and joy in tests it shows seamless migration from uvloop for my scraping framework https://github.com/BitingSnakes/silkworm with APIs (fastapi) it shows only one advantage: better p99, uvloop is faster about 10-20% in the synthetic run currently, i am forking on the win branch to give it windows support that uvloop lacks
Mar 2026 · github.com
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Apr 2026 · github.com
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Hey everyone, Rahim here, an indie maker with a passion for building useful tools. This time, I'm excited to share FasterNode.io: a turbo booster for your Node.js SaaS project! Think of it as a pre-built foundation packed with goodies like user auth, payments, and clean code. This means you can launch weeks, not months, faster and focus on what truly matters - building an awesome SaaS that solves problems! Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, FasterNode.io is here to streamline your journey. Curious to learn more? Let's ditch the boilerplate code and build something…
2024
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Hey everyone! I've been working on something called Afterburner: a fast, embeddable JS/TS runtime written in Rust, with a capability sandbox baked right in. Scripts run locked down by default: no network, no filesystem, no environment variables. You explicitly grant whatever access a script actually needs, and every call gets hard caps on CPU, memory, and time. The goal isn't to replace your existing stack. It's to fit cleanly into it: Embed a JS/TS engine in your Rust app with a single crate. Run user scripts, plugins, business rules, or edge logic, each call fully sandboxed. Wrap…
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Hi folks, I started thinking some time ago about how to use ReactJS's server-side features with backends that aren’t specifically built with Node.js or Deno. After some research, I found that the only strict requirement is a JS engine for server-side rendering, while the rest of the runtime can be in any language. For this reason, I started developing a full-stack ReactJS web framework with a Rust-based backend (the API draws heavy inspiration from Next.js). The server performance is already impressive, with a 4x improvement over the latest Next.js. We’re tracking it in a separate…
2025 · github.com
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I built rapid-rs to eliminate the hours of boilerplate when starting a new Rust web service. One command gets you: - Auto-configured DB, logging, CORS - OpenAPI/Swagger UI at /docs - Request validation - Production-ready observability Built on Axum. Early benchmarks show ~50K req/s with 10-20MB RAM. This is v0.1 - feedback welcome! Crates: https://crates.io/crates/rapid-rs
Nov 2025 · crates.io
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Jan 2026 · docs.script-lang.org
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