Popcorn
Ranked 5 of 5 webassembly runtimes by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Compiles OTP/BEAM to WebAssembly
“They have managed to compile the OTP/BEAM to WASM.”
Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “Popcorn 1.0 Released: Moving from AtomVM to Full Erlang VM” “I love their webassembly live demo”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: I spent a billion tokens bridging Elixir and WebAssembly” Seen as helpful and recommended
“It seemed to be helpful for others too so I packaged it up”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “PHP 8.2.35” “Popcorn recommended for the read!”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “eMudhra to exit global SSL/TLS certificate business”
Other webassembly runtimes people recommend
The four most recommended other webassembly runtimes, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasmtime | 16 | 4 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Pollen WASM runtime | 10 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Pollen | 8 | 2 | 80% | 3 | — | — |
| wazero | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
| PopcornThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“They have managed to compile the OTP/BEAM to WASM.”
“Popcorn recommended for the read!”
“It seemed to be helpful for others too so I packaged it up”
“this might be of interest to you”
“I love their webassembly live demo”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.