Able to run in a browser

[ericis]

The very first use cases that came to mind for d2 was working within a browser context. However, it's written in Go.

As a result, there are really two options: rewrite or use WebAssembly.

This issue simply requests browser support (not making a network request to a server) to execute d2.

I might personally suggest WebAssembly, since the project is well underway and would take a significant shift otherwise.

[FFengIll]

I believe d2 is on the way for it in its own way, pls see #207

[alixander]

that's different. that's a playground environment, i believe @ericis is asking about a library callable from client-side browser context.

Indeed, we have plans to port D2 to WebAssembly.

[ericis]

Yes, correct @alixander . The simple use case would be building a diagram via JavaScript in the browser, a more advanced example might be the MermaidJS "Live editor" and the best example I can think of might be an embedded web editor like Eclipse Theia or VS Code complete with a language server for a rich diagram editing experience with live preview.