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micropython-wasm 0.1a0

Simon Willison · Simon Willison · 2026-06-02

Simon Willison publishes micropython-wasm 0.1a0, an alpha Python package that bundles a customized WebAssembly build of MicroPython with a wasmtime wrapper for sandboxed code execution.

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Topics: micropythonwebassemblysandboxingpython

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  • micropython-wasm 0.1a0 bundles a lightly customized WASM build of MicroPython.
  • The package uses wasmtime to execute Python code inside a sandboxed runtime.
  • This is an alpha, experimental release and not yet stable.

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My latest sandboxing experiment: This alpha package bundles a lightly customized WASM build of MicroPython with a wrapper to execute code in it via wasmtime.