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Pollen

Distributed WASM runtime in a single binary, with no control plane.

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First seen:2026-05-02

Last seen:2026-05-02

Sightings:1

Source:github.com

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What it is

Distributed WASM runtime in a single binary, with no control plane.

Why developers recommend it

Commenters called it impressive and discussed using it in place of Tailscale.

Hacker News evidence

2026-05-02

A commenter called it incredible, another compared it to an AWS-style service catalog, and the maker said they use it in place of Tailscale for homelab applications.

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