@swc/core fails to load on wasm32 runtimes: `@swc/core-wasm32-wasi` is referenced by the loader but never published · Issue #12466 · swc-project/swc · GitHub
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@swc/core fails to load on wasm32 runtimes: @swc/core-wasm32-wasi is referenced by the loader but never published #12466
The napi-rs loader in packages/core/binding.js tries require('@swc/core-wasm32-wasi') as its last fallback, but that package has never been built or published. On any wasm32 runtime, require('@swc/core') therefore fails with Failed to load native binding before the @swc/wasm fallback in index.js gets a chance to run.
Why it matters
In-browser Node runtimes such as WebContainers and Strapkit run everything on wasm32-wasi, so there is no native binary to load. Anything that pulls in @swc/core is currently broken in those environments, including:
@swc/cli builds (swc src -d dist)
@swc/jest
webpack's swc-loader
@vitejs/plugin-react-swc
Each runtime ends up carrying its own workaround. rolldown, oxc and rspack all publish a wasi binding through the same napi-rs pipeline, so swc is the odd one out here.
To reproduce
Open a project that depends on @swc/core in a wasm32-wasi Node runtime (e.g. WebContainers).
Run node -e "require('@swc/core')".
It throws Failed to load native binding.
Expected behavior
@swc/core loads on wasm32 runtimes via a published @swc/core-wasm32-wasi package, as binding.js already expects.
Proposed fix
Build and publish the wasi binding through the existing napi-rs pipeline:
Add wasm32-wasip1-threads to napi.targets in packages/core/package.json, so napi artifacts picks up the wasi files and napi prepublish adds @swc/core-wasm32-wasi to optionalDependencies. cpu: ["wasm32"] keeps it off native installs.
Add packages/core/scripts/npm/wasm32-wasi/, mirroring the other per-target npm dirs.
Add a build matrix entry to publish-npm-package.yml. It only needs to build for @swc/core (the other packages skip it and the artifact upload tolerates that), and the upload glob needs to also grab the napi-generated wasi-worker* files.
The swc CLI binary can be skipped for this target; a wasi CLI build is a separate discussion.
Additional context
I have a working branch with these changes: #12064. But It's probably easier for the maintainers to just add it themselves.
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