Cosmonic Componentizes wasmCloud Ecosystem with WASI-Preview 2 MVP

Cosmonic Componentizes wasmCloud Ecosystem with WASI-Preview 2 MVP

Cosmonic Corp has announced the componentization of the wasmCloud ecosystem, which now runs on the WebAssembly Component Model (WACM) and is vendor-neutral. The company's Cosmonic PaaS platform will unveil new features at WasmCon, including application lifecycle management with Wadm, an easy-to-use UI for managing declarative applications with App View, a managed registry, and personalized HTTPS endpoints (wormholes).

The WebAssembly Component Model is maturing, with the release of WASI-Preview 2, which includes major updates to the WebAssembly Core, WACM, WASI, and several WASI-based interfaces. The component model provides developers with a modular, virtualizable, and robust methodology for building applications and libraries.

Cosmonic's CEO, Liam Randall, stated that leveraging WebAssembly Components offers developers an unparalleled edge in building, maintaining, and operating software. For enterprises, this means a significantly more streamlined development process and a substantial reduction in the total cost of an application lifecycle. The ability to centrally update application components translates into a huge reduction in the cost to maintain open source software in industry.

Looking ahead, the community's focus shifts to WASI-Preview 3, with the MVP release for the WebAssembly Component Model and finalization of WASI standards. The Bytecode Alliance (BA) has published WASI-Preview 2, which presents a timeline for availability.