| WABT(1) | General Commands Manual | WABT(1) |

NAME

wasm-validate — validate a file in the WebAssembly binary format

SYNOPSIS

| wasm-validate | [options] file |

DESCRIPTION

wasm-validate Read a file in the WebAssembly binary format, and validate it.

The options are as follows:

--helpPrint this help message--versionPrint version information-v, --verboseUse multiple times for more info--enable-exceptionsEnable Experimental exception handling--disable-mutable-globalsDisable Import/export mutable globals--disable-saturating-float-to-intDisable Saturating float-to-int operators--disable-sign-extensionDisable Sign-extension operators--disable-simdDisable SIMD support--enable-threadsEnable Threading support--enable-function-referencesEnable Typed function references--disable-multi-valueDisable Multi-value--enable-tail-callEnable Tail-call support--disable-bulk-memoryDisable Bulk-memory operations--disable-reference-typesDisable Reference types (externref)--enable-annotationsEnable Custom annotation syntax--enable-code-metadataEnable Code metadata--enable-gcEnable Garbage collection--enable-memory64Enable 64-bit memory--enable-multi-memoryEnable Multi-memory--enable-extended-constEnable Extended constant expressions--enable-allEnable all features--no-debug-namesIgnore debug names in the binary file--ignore-custom-section-errorsIgnore errors in custom sections

EXAMPLES

Validate binary file test.wasm

$ wasm-validate test.wasm

SEE ALSO

wasm-decompile(1), wasm-interp(1), wasm-objdump(1), wasm-stats(1), wasm-strip(1), wasm2c(1), wasm2wat(1), wast2json(1), wat-desugar(1), wat2wasm(1), spectest-interp(1)

BUGS

If you find a bug, please report it at
https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/issues.

| September 23, 2025 | Debian |