wasm-validate1
Validate a file in the webassembly binary format
Usage
wasm-validate [options]
filename
Overview
wasm-validate Read a file in the WebAssembly binary format, and validate it.
The options are as follows:
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--help -
Print this help message
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--version -
Print version information
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-v, --verbose -
Use multiple times for more info
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--disable-exceptions -
Disable Experimental exception handling
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--disable-mutable-globals -
Disable Import/export mutable globals
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--disable-saturating-float-to-int -
Disable Saturating float-to-int operators
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--disable-sign-extension -
Disable Sign-extension operators
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--disable-simd -
Disable SIMD support
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--enable-threads -
Enable Threading support
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--enable-function-references -
Enable Typed function references
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--disable-multi-value -
Disable Multi-value
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--disable-tail-call -
Disable Tail-call support
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--disable-bulk-memory -
Disable Bulk-memory operations
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--disable-reference-types -
Disable Reference types (externref)
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--disable-annotations -
Disable Custom annotation syntax
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--enable-code-metadata -
Enable Code metadata
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--enable-gc -
Enable Garbage collection
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--disable-memory64 -
Disable 64-bit memory
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--disable-multi-memory -
Disable Multi-memory
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--disable-extended-const -
Disable Extended constant expressions
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--disable-relaxed-simd -
Disable Relaxed SIMD
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--enable-custom-page-sizes -
Enable Custom page sizes
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--enable-compact-imports -
Enable Compact import section
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--enable-wide-arithmetic -
Enable Wide arithmetic
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--enable-all -
Enable all features
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--no-debug-names -
Ignore debug names in the binary file
Examples
validate binary file test.wasm
$ wasm-validate test.wasm
Releases
5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.
--disable-annotations since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--disable-bulk-memory since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--disable-exceptions since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--disable-extended-const since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--disable-memory64 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--disable-multi-memory since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--disable-multi-value since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--disable-reference-types since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--disable-relaxed-simd since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--disable-saturating-float-to-int since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--disable-sign-extension since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--disable-simd since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--disable-tail-call since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--enable-all since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--enable-code-metadata since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--enable-compact-imports since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--enable-custom-page-sizes since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--enable-function-references since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--enable-gc since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--enable-wide-arithmetic since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--version since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
--enable-annotations until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--enable-exceptions until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--enable-extended-const until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--enable-memory64 until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--enable-multi-memory until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--enable-multi-value until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--enable-saturating-float-to-int until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--enable-sign-extension until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--enable-simd until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--enable-tail-call until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--ignore-custom-section-errors until Debian 13 (Trixie).