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The `wit-bindgen` repository is currently focused on **guest** programs which
are those compiled to WebAssembly. Languages developed in this repository are
Rust, C, C++, and C#. For other languages see the [documentation
Rust, C, C++, C#, and Go. For other languages see the [documentation
below](#guest-other-languages).

Executing a component in a host is not
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See the [wit-bindgen-go README.md](crates/go/README.md) for details and generating and using Go bindings.

### Guest: TinyGo

>[!WARNING]
>The TinyGo WIT bindings generator found at the [go.bytecodealliance.org](https://github.com/bytecodealliance/go-modules) is no longer being maintained. It is recommended to migrate to [Guest: Go](#guest-go).

### Guest: Java

This project historically had some support for
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removed. The last commit with support for TeaVM-WASI was
https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wit-bindgen/commit/86e8ae2b8b97f11b73b273345b0e00340f017270.

### Guest: TinyGo

The **new** TinyGo WIT bindings generator is currently in development at the
[go.bytecodealliance.org](https://github.com/bytecodealliance/go-modules) repository.

To install the `wit-bindgen-go` CLI, run:

```sh
go install go.bytecodealliance.org/cmd/wit-bindgen-go@latest
```
> Note: it requires `wasm-tools` to be installed.

Then, you can generate the bindings for your project:

```sh
wit-bindgen-go generate <path-to-wit-pkg>
```

### Guest: C++-17+

The cpp crate contains code to generate C++ code which uses the std types
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* JavaScript through [componentize-js](https://github.com/bytecodealliance/ComponentizeJS)
* Python through [componentize-py](https://github.com/bytecodealliance/componentize-py)
* Go through [wit-bindgen-go](https://github.com/bytecodealliance/go-modules).

See also
[The WebAssembly Component Model developer's guide](https://component-model.bytecodealliance.org/language-support.html)
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