CNCF welcomes wasmCloud to the CNCF Incubator
wasmCloud, an open source project from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), enables teams to build and run polyglot applications made up of reusable WebAssembly (Wasm) components. This allows applications to operate resiliently and efficiently across diverse environments—in the cloud, on Kubernetes, in data centers, or at the edge.
By using Wasm as the application artifact, wasmCloud decouples applications from underlying infrastructure, freeing developers to focus on feature development. It provides the tools to run Wasm components securely and efficiently and—instead of forcing thousands of developers to maintain the same libraries and capabilities in their applications—create a single set of reusable core applications.
“wasmCloud is a platform for platform engineers. It orchestrates componentized applications in a way that complements Kubernetes,” said Liam Randall, wasmCloud co-founder and Cosmonic CEO. “While Kubernetes abstracts and manages infrastructure, wasmCloud functions as a distributed application control plane, managing applications at scale. It integrates with Kubernetes, allowing organizations to extend their Kubernetes deployments to remote edges which maximizes the value of existing investments. We are humbled by the end user adoption and excited to see wasmCloud make this big move to the Incubator.”
The project was created by Liam Randall and Kevin Hoffman during their time at a top 10 US bank. The project is currently led by Cosmonic CTO and Bytecode Alliance Technical Steering Committee member Bailey Hayes. wasmCloud was designed to solve the friction that application teams face in every enterprise when writing software and it has grown in popularity since being accepted into the CNCF Sandbox; it is now being deployed and maintained by engineers working in a host of organizations including Adobe, Orange, MachineMetrics, TM Forum member CSPs, and Akamai.
