Fermyon

Infrastructure & Cloud
WebAssembly Beyond the Browser: How Wasm Is Becoming the Universal Runtime for Cloud and
ALGERIATECH Editorial
January 9, 2026
From Browser Sandbox to Universal Runtime WebAssembly was born in 2017 as a compilation target for the browser — a way to run C, C++, and Rust code at near-native speed inside web applications. It powered everything from Figma's design tool to Adobe's web-based Photoshop and

