wasm2go is an ahead-of-time compiler that converts a WebAssembly binary into standalone Go source code so the resulting package runs natively without an interpreter or embedded wasm runtime. Generated output is dual-arch: each function gets amd64.s and arm64.s bodies produced by an SSA-based register allocator (block-local regalloc, cross-block stack allocation, m-pointer caching, slot reuse, peephole optimizations and branch-fusion) and a pure-Go fallback selected by build constraints for other GOOS/GOARCH targets. The asm and pure-Go paths expose the same New()/exported-method API so callers are unchanged. Translating supports dead-code elimination, multi-file splitting for large modules, memory-promotion reporting, bulk-export handling and other automatic layout decisions.
Usage includes a CLI (wasm2go -i module.wasm -o module.go -pkg mymodule) and an importable transpile package exposing Transpile/Parse/Translate hooks and options. When a module imports wasi_snapshot_preview1, native Go implementations of preview1 calls are emitted using only the standard library and build for all supported GOOS. Performance measurements show large wins versus a wazero-driven runtime: cold compile reduced ~4.67s→0.56s (8.4×) and short, call-bound queries sped up 18-81×, while long scan-heavy queries are within ±10%; per-call allocations also fall. Development targets, build/test/lint recipes and an MIT license are included.
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