Naclwebplugin

In the early 2010s, web browsers were becoming more powerful, but they still struggled with heavy-duty tasks like 3D gaming or high-definition video processing. Google introduced to bridge this gap, allowing developers to run compiled C and C++ code directly in the browser at near-native speeds.

Native Client (NaCl) was an open-source sandboxing technology developed by Google. It allowed users to run untrusted, native x86 (and later ARM) machine code directly in the web browser at near-native speeds. naclwebplugin

Google wanted a third option: