--- title: Edge.js launched to run Node.js for AI | daily.dev description: Wasmer has launched Edge.js, a JavaScript runtime that uses a WebAssembly sandbox to run Node.js workloads safely for AI and edge computing. It preserves... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/edge-js-launched-to-run-node-js-for-ai-w6x5daotr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Edge.js launched to run Node.js for AI | daily.dev og:description: Wasmer has launched Edge.js, a JavaScript runtime that uses a WebAssembly sandbox to run Node.js workloads safely for AI and edge computing. It preserves... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/edge-js-launched-to-run-node-js-for-ai-w6x5daotr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/W6X5DAOtR.png og:image:alt: Edge.js launched to run Node.js for AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Edge.js launched to run Node.js for AI **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Wasmer has launched Edge.js, a JavaScript runtime that uses a WebAssembly sandbox to run Node.js workloads safely for AI and edge computing. It preserves Node.js compatibility while sandboxing system calls and native modules via WASIX, an extension to WASI. Existing Node.js apps run unmodified, and the runtime currently supports V8 and JavaScriptCore engines with plans for QuickJS and SpiderMonkey. Performance is currently 5–20% slower than native Node.js and 30% slower when fully sandboxed, with Wasmer targeting improvements for the 1.0 release. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#webassembly](https://daily.dev/tags/webassembly), [#edge-computing](https://daily.dev/tags/edge-computing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/edge-js-launched-to-run-node-js-for-ai-w6x5daotr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Edge.js launched to run Node.js for AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/edge-js-launched-to-run-node-js-for-ai-w6x5daotr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/edge-js-launched-to-run-node-js-for-ai-w6x5daotr"},"datePublished":"2026-03-18T23:43:35.321Z","dateModified":"2026-03-18T23:44:49.459Z","description":"Wasmer has launched Edge.js, a JavaScript runtime that uses a WebAssembly sandbox to run Node.js workloads safely for AI and edge computing. It preserves...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cec6aa1ee6945a82fe6eca4867aa7ef5?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cec6aa1ee6945a82fe6eca4867aa7ef5?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/edge-js-launched-to-run-node-js-for-ai-w6x5daotr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"nodejs,serverless,webassembly,edge-computing","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Edge.js launched to run Node.js for AI"}]} ```