WebAssembly for Node.js (update April 2023)

Everybody talks about WebAssembly and how it will change the web. But what about Node.js? Can WebAssembly be useful for backend? Let’s figure it out!

Node.js runs on top of V8, the same JavaScript engine is used in Google Chrome. Google Chrome has supported WebAssembly since the 57th version. It means that it’s possible to run WebAssembly inside Node.js