Introduction

A distributed simulation engine for World of Warcraft theorycrafting

February 13, 2026

Introduction

WowLab is a distributed simulation engine for World of Warcraft theorycrafting. It combines a high-performance Rust-based simulation core with a horizontally scalable network infrastructure to enable large-scale statistical analysis of combat mechanics.

Overview

The system consists of three primary components:

Simulation Engine - A deterministic Rust engine compiled to WebAssembly for browser execution and native binaries for distributed compute nodes
Distributed Network - A realtime infrastructure using Centrifugo for WebSocket communication and Redis for coordination
Portal Application - A Next.js web application providing the user interface for character planning, rotation editing, and simulation analysis

Documentation Structure

This documentation covers the technical architecture and implementation details of the WowLab platform:

System design and component overview

Simulation mechanics and WASM integration

Realtime infrastructure and protocols

Overview

Next steps

System Architecture

Design Principles

Introduction

A distributed simulation engine for World of Warcraft theorycrafting

February 13, 2026

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Introduction

Overview

The system consists of three primary components:

Simulation Engine - A deterministic Rust engine compiled to WebAssembly for browser execution and native binaries for distributed compute nodes
Distributed Network - A realtime infrastructure using Centrifugo for WebSocket communication and Redis for coordination
Portal Application - A Next.js web application providing the user interface for character planning, rotation editing, and simulation analysis

Documentation Structure

This documentation covers the technical architecture and implementation details of the WowLab platform:

System design and component overview

Simulation mechanics and WASM integration

Realtime infrastructure and protocols

Overview

Next steps

System Architecture

Design Principles

Introduction

Introduction

Overview

Documentation Structure

Architecture

Engine

Networking

Introduction

Introduction

Overview

Documentation Structure

Architecture

Engine

Networking