Tau

Judgement

What it is

Framework or platform

What it does

A self-hostable cloud platform that runs serverless WebAssembly functions, websites, storage and messaging across peer-to-peer nodes, with a local simulator called dream.

Adopt it when

You want to build your own Vercel- or Cloudflare-like serverless platform on servers you control.

Watch out

Unusual peer-to-peer architecture with a small community, so you will be relying on the vendor's documentation and help.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Self-hosted server and command line

Built with

Go, WebAssembly and TypeScript

How established

Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v1.2.0.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Tau → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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