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Statically vs Wandbox
Statically is a free CDN that serves raw files straight from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and GitHub Gist repositories, plus any npm package, via simple path-based URLs like `cdn.statically.io/gh/:user/:repo@:tag/:file` — no key or account needed. It runs on bunny.net and Cloudflare edge infrastructure; the vendor disabled its former `/img/` image-processing endpoint after sustained abuse, so only the Git/npm file-serving routes remain live today.
Wandbox is a free "social compilation service" built by melpon and kikairoya, offering 175 compiler configurations across 35 languages — from mainstream C++, Python, Rust, and Go to niche picks like Lazy K and Pony — including nightly HEAD builds of GCC and Clang. Its REST API needs no key: POST source code, a compiler ID, and options to /api/compile.json (or the /ndjson variant for streamed output) and get back compile/runtime output plus a permanent shareable permalink, while /api/list.json enumerates every compiler and its supported switches. The project was rewritten in 2024–2026 from a legacy Ruby backend to Rust (feline) and Remix (canine), which is why the old kennel2/API.rst docs path 404s — the live API endpoints themselves are unchanged.
| Statically | Wandbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JavaScript, CSS | JSON, NDJSON |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |