Browser-Based WASM Sandbox Runs Full CLI Toolchains Without a Server
A project demonstrates compiling a large Rust CLI codebase to WebAssembly so it runs entirely client-side in the browser, backed by a Linux-like sandbox with standard tools, bash, git, Node, and Python. Primarily a technical showcase rather than a user-reported problem.
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