Wild Linker 0.9 arrives: a fast and portable Rust linker

Wild Linker 0.9 has been released, an ultra-fast linker for Linux developed in Rust. This version improves portability to platforms such as Mac-O and WebAssembly, features still under development. Additionally, it adds compatibility with the GNU LD and Mold plugin API, enabling link-time optimization (LTO). No significant performance changes are expected compared to previous versions.

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How plugin compatibility expands the ecosystem 🧩

The key new feature of Wild Linker 0.9 is its support for the plugin API used by GNU LD and Mold. This allows optimization tools like LTO to work directly with the linker. Being written in Rust, it offers greater memory safety and predictable performance. Compatibility with Mac-O and WebAssembly is under development, but it can already be tested. The Rust community continues to gain ground in system tools traditionally dominated by C/C++.

A linker that wants to be friends with everyone (even Apple) 🍏

Wild Linker 0.9 arrives with the promise of uniting platforms, but it still has a way to go before it can run on your Mac without crying. Compatibility with Mac-O and WebAssembly is in its infancy, but hey, at least we can now dream of linking binaries from the web. Meanwhile, Linux users can enjoy a linker that doesn't think it's superior, it just does its job quickly. And without using double quotes, they already have enough to do with linking code.