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muAAam Plugin System: Extend Your Tooling

by Alex Chen

Discover the powerful plugin system added in muAAam v3. Create custom CLI commands, linters, and build custom toolchains to extend the WebAssembly development experience.

Why Plugins?

The muAAam plugin system allows developers to enhance functionality through modular extensions. From linters to custom CLI tools, this system makes extending WebAssembly projects intuitive and powerful.

Flexibility

  • Extend CLI with custom commands
  • Integrate with any linter

Performance

  • Lightweight runtime
  • No runtime memory overhead

🚀 Create a Plugin

Follow these steps to create your first muAAam plugin from scratch.

1. Initialize Project


mkdir my-plugin
cd my-plugin
npm init @muAAam/plugin

The CLI will generate a basic scaffold with build and plugin configurations.

2. Define Features

Add custom CLI commands using the commands directory.


// commands/my-command.js
export default function myCommand(args) {
  console.log(`Running custom command: ${args.message || "Hello Plugin!"}`);
}

3. Test Locally

muAAam run --plugin ./my-plugin

You can now call muAAam my-command in your terminal!

🚀 Example Plugin

This linter plugin checks for performance issues in WebAssembly modules:


import { analyzePerformance } from 'wasm-analyzer';

export default function analyzeWasm(path) {
  const result = analyzePerformance(path);
  
  if (result.score < 80) {
    console.warn(`Low performance: ${result.score}/100`);
  } else {
    console.log(`Performance OK! ${result.score}/100`);
  }
}

Run with: muAAam analyze ./my-project

Use muAAam lint to analyze WebAssembly code quality.

📦 Find Pre-Made Plugins

wasm-lint

Static analysis for performance warnings and optimization suggestions.

1.2k downloads
wasm-opt

Automated optimization tool with multiple optimization strategies.

3k active users
dev-tools

Integrated development tools with custom CLI commands and project templates.

200+ dependencies

Start Creating Plugins

Leverage muAAam's extensible plugin system to enhance WebAssembly tooling. Build the tools you need and shape the future of the ecosystem.

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