WebContainer API is here.

In 2021 we announced WebContainers, a novel WebAssembly-based operating system which enables Node.js to run entirely inside the browser. Over the last two years, millions of developers have used WebContainers each month as it powers, among others, the StackBlitz editor. Today we are thrilled to release the WebContainer API for public use and we invite the entire JavaScript and Node.js community to

[yojik]

StackBlizで使われているブラウザ上で動くwasm製コンテナ(サブセットのOS)。ファイルシステム、ServiceWorker利用の疑似TCPスタックで「オフラインでも動く」HTTPServer、シェルやnode実装etc……を自プロジェクトに組み込めるAPI！

[netafull]

“WebContainers are a micro-operating system based on WebAssembly designed to allow spinning up Node.js servers locally inside a browser tab.”

[lli]

ブラウザローカルでOSが動く。ファイルもネットワークもOSからは専用のものが用意されたように見えると。

[mayumayu_nimolove]

codesandboxのローカル版みたいな感じ？しかもsandboxじゃない開発用

[at_yasu]

「enables Node.js to run entirely inside the browser. 」

[mizdra]

便利そう

[uzulla]

“WebAssembly-based operating system which enables Node.js to run entirely inside the browser”