# Popcorn

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Popcorn and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Compiles the Erlang VM (OTP/BEAM) to WebAssembly so Elixir and Erlang code can run in the browser. People recommend it as helpful, and its live demo lets you try it.

## Why people recommend it

- Compiles OTP/BEAM to WebAssembly (2 comments): "They have managed to compile the OTP/BEAM to WASM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268467)) "I love their webassembly live demo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222713))
- Seen as helpful and recommended (2 comments): "It seemed to be helpful for others too so I packaged it up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185852)) "Popcorn recommended for the read!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50196208))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Wasmtime](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wasmtime.md): 16 recommend
- [Pollen WASM runtime](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pollen-distributed-wasm-runtime.md): 10 recommend
- [Pollen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pollen.md): 8 recommend
- [wazero](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wazero.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Popcorn", https://hackerapproved.com/p/popcorn/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).