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Just compile Debian to WASM and use apt.

Just run a browser in your WASM Debian to hit the same page.

The plan is to build something based on conda.

In-browser package management, combined with caching of common dependencies, yes.

Like npm? No.

Well I'm not really into JS web development, but NPM and a bunch of Node-like extensions would give you compatibility with lots of existing libraries.

> I guess we need an in-browser package management like npm?

It exists and it's called bower.