Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly

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This is the entire Firefox browser rendering to a <canvas> element. Gecko, all UI components, and the Spidermonkey JS engine are all compiled and running in WebAssembly.Here are a few things you might find interesting:- This is fully end to end encrypted! We use the WISP protocol for TCP-over-websockets.- There is a novel WASM->JS JIT for experimental site speedup- This port cost over 25k in opus&#x2F;fable tokens for debugging and JIT researchThis was just a fun experiment to push the boundaries of WebAssembly. For a more usable "browser in browser" experience, we also built https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;HeyPuter&#x2F;browser.js that eats a bit less RAM.

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