WebAssembly System Interface

E25977
WebAssembly-related standard application binary interface system interface specification

The WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) is a modular, portable set of system APIs that allows WebAssembly programs to interact safely and consistently with operating system features like files, networking, and clocks across different platforms.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
WebAssembly System Interface canonical 7
WASI Preview 1 1
wasi-clocks 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WebAssembly-related standard ⓘ
application binary interface ⓘ
system interface specification ⓘ
abbreviation WASI ⓘ
designedFor WebAssembly specification ⓘ
surface form: WebAssembly
developedBy Bytecode Alliance ⓘ
contributors from the WebAssembly community ⓘ
differsFrom POSIX by being capability-based and sandbox-oriented ⓘ
enables distribution of a single WebAssembly binary across multiple operating systems ⓘ
secure host-guest boundary between OS and WebAssembly module ⓘ
hasComponent wasi-cli ⓘ
WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: wasi-clocks

WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: wasi-filesystem

wasi-http ⓘ
wasi-io ⓘ
WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: wasi-random

WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: wasi-sockets
hasGoal enable safe interaction between WebAssembly and operating system features ⓘ
provide a portable set of system APIs for WebAssembly programs ⓘ
support cross-platform compatibility for WebAssembly binaries ⓘ
hasVersion WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WASI Preview 1

WASI ⓘ
surface form: WASI Preview 2
influencedBy Unix ⓘ
surface form: POSIX
introduced around 2019 ⓘ
property capability-based ⓘ
language-agnostic ⓘ
modular ⓘ
platform-independent ⓘ
sandbox-friendly ⓘ
provides clock and time APIs ⓘ
environment variable APIs ⓘ
file system APIs ⓘ
networking APIs ⓘ
process and exit codes APIs ⓘ
randomness APIs ⓘ
standard input and output APIs ⓘ
relatedTo WebAssembly specification ⓘ
surface form: WebAssembly core specification

component model for WebAssembly ⓘ
securityModel capability-based access to resources ⓘ
standardizedBy W3C Community Group ⓘ
surface form: W3C WebAssembly Community Group
supports command-line style applications in WebAssembly ⓘ
edge and cloud runtimes for WebAssembly ⓘ
running WebAssembly outside the browser ⓘ
server-side WebAssembly execution ⓘ
usedBy Node.js experimental WASI support ⓘ
Wasmer runtime ⓘ
Wasmtime runtime ⓘ
various serverless and edge computing platforms ⓘ
website https://wasi.dev ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WebAssembly specification → relatedSpecification → WebAssembly System Interface ⓘ
WebAssembly System Interface → hasVersion → WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WASI Preview 1
WebAssembly System Interface → hasComponent → WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: wasi-sockets
WebAssembly System Interface → hasComponent → WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: wasi-filesystem
WebAssembly System Interface → hasComponent → WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: wasi-random
WebAssembly System Interface → hasComponent → WebAssembly System Interface self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: wasi-clocks
wasi-io → partOf → WebAssembly System Interface ⓘ
WASI → fullName → WebAssembly System Interface ⓘ
WASI → abbreviationOf → WebAssembly System Interface ⓘ
wasi-cli → supports → WebAssembly System Interface ⓘ
wasi-http → partOf → WebAssembly System Interface ⓘ
Wasmer runtime → implements → WebAssembly System Interface ⓘ