> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cloud.secondstate.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly.md).

# Server-side WebAssembly

- [Why?](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/why.md): WebAssembly could improve security and efficiency of web services
- [WebAssembly vs native code](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/why/webassembly-vs-native-code.md): How can WebAssembly and Rust programs benefit your web and services application
- [Getting started](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/getting-started.md): High-performance Rust functions in Node.js
- [VS Codespaces](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/getting-started/the-no-software-approach.md): Get started with Rust functions in Node.js app without installing any software
- [The ssvmup tool](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/getting-started/the-ssvmup-tool.md): The compiler toolchain for Rust functions in JavaScript
- [Rust functions in Node.js](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/pass-any-argument-and-return-any-value.md): Calling any Rust function from Node.js JavaScript code
- [Access system resources](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/enterprise-webassembly.md): How to access resources outside of the WebAssembly sandbox
- [WASI](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/enterprise-webassembly/wasi.md): Access system resources, such as random numbers, file system, and network from WebAssembly applications
- [The storage interface](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/enterprise-webassembly/the-storage-interface.md): Access high performance storage and databases from a Rust API
- [The inference interface](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/enterprise-webassembly/the-inference-hardware-interface.md): Use AI hardware to accelerate inference operations in WebAssembly
- [Examples and use cases](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/examples-and-use-cases.md): High performance, safe, portable, and manageable server-side apps using Rust
- [Encryption and decryption](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/examples-and-use-cases/encryption-and-decryption.md): Use RSA public key algorithms to encrypt and decrypt
- [Machine learning](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/examples-and-use-cases/machine-learning.md): Use k-means clustering algorithm to classify data points
- [Artificial intelligence](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/examples-and-use-cases/artificial-intelligence.md): Image recognition using Tensorflow
- [SSVM Performance](https://cloud.secondstate.io/server-side-webassembly/performance.md): Performance benchmark for the SSVM against other WebAssembly runtimes