AssemblyScript
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Recommended for writing TypeScript-style code that compiles to WebAssembly, especially for fresh projects. Main caveat: it lacks features for games and seems to have slowed down.
Recommended for writing TypeScript-style code that compiles to WebAssembly, especially for fresh projects. Main caveat: it lacks features for games and seems to have slowed down.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Users are happy with it
“I've been very happy with it - surprisingly so.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Why Go Is an Ideal Language for AI-Assisted Software Engineering” “I'm doing everything in AssemblyScript.”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Docker Agent” “Assembly Script does exactly that”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “Compiling Scheme to WebAssembly”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lacks features needed for games
“lacks too much features for game-code coming directly from TS”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Mystral Native – Run JavaScript games natively with WebGPU (no browser)” “I don't think that AssemblyScript would work as is for games”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Mystral Native – Run JavaScript games natively with WebGPU (no browser)” Progress has stalled recently
“AssemblyScript seems to be seriously languishing these days”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Lumina – a statically typed web-native language for JavaScript and WASM” “doesn't seem to making progress on supporting WASM GC”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “Compiling Scheme to WebAssembly” “seems to have stopped making much progress”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “Compiling Scheme to WebAssembly”
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10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm doing everything in AssemblyScript.”
“I've been very happy with it - surprisingly so.”
“if you're starting from scratch and know you won't be using any npm packages”
“It might meet your requirements, unless I'm misunderstanding you or the features of it.”
“AssemblyScript seems to be seriously languishing these days”
“I don't think that AssemblyScript would work as is for games”
“lacks too much features for game-code coming directly from TS”
“seems to have stopped making much progress”
“doesn't seem to making progress on supporting WASM GC”
“Assembly Script does exactly that”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.