Wild released version 0.11.0 on October 24, enabling WebAssembly linking by default. Developers can try it in Wasm builds, though the release notes say debug information isn't supported yet. Broader GNU linker-script support also lets Wild link Linux kernel modules, according to the maintainers.
A linker joins compiled code into the output a program needs. Wild targets faster iterative development, but its version-pinned README says incremental linking remains unimplemented. That distinction matters if you're evaluating it to shorten rebuilds: incremental linking is a project goal, not a capability delivered by this release.
How a Rust Wasm build selects Wild
The 0.11.0 usage guide tells Rust users to pass both the Wild binary and the wasm-ld linker flavor. Its example targets wasm32-wasip1, and the guide says the same flags apply to wasm32-unknown-unknown:
RUSTFLAGS="-C linker=path/to/wild -C linker-flavor=wasm-ld" \
cargo build --target wasm32-wasip1
Replace path/to/wild with the binary's location. This is the project's documented configuration, not a build we ran. We haven't checked the resulting artifact, debug behavior or link time. For an existing project, compare a representative build and its tests before changing the shared build configuration.
C and C++ integration takes a different route. The same guide directs Clang users to a directory containing a wasm-ld symlink to Wild, with -fuse-ld=lld making Clang look up that name. The invocation matters: enabling a feature in Wild doesn't make your compiler select it automatically.
Kernel modules are a narrower milestone
The maintainers distinguish linking Linux kernel modules from linking the kernel itself, which they describe as close. Mac support also remains disabled by default, although Wild can link itself on a Mac.
For teams considering adoption, watch whether later releases close the Wasm debug-information gap and establish full kernel-linking support. Those are specific unfinished capabilities in the release announcement; neither should be assumed from the broader platform progress.