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Feb. 23, 2024, 3:56 p.m. |

Simon Willison's Weblog simonwillison.net

PGlite


PostgreSQL compiled for WebAssembly and turned into a very neat JavaScript library. Previous attempts at running PostgreSQL in WASM have worked by bundling a full Linux virtual machine - PGlite just bundles a compiled PostgreSQL itself, which brings the size down to an impressive 3.7MB gzipped.


Via Anton Zhiyanov's new PostgreSQL playground

bundling javascript library linux machine playground postgresql running via virtual virtual machine wasm webassembly

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