diff --git a/Builds/CMake/deps/WasmEdge.cmake b/Builds/CMake/deps/WasmEdge.cmake
index 75347354c..56f145f1d 100644
--- a/Builds/CMake/deps/WasmEdge.cmake
+++ b/Builds/CMake/deps/WasmEdge.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,84 @@
-find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
-message(STATUS "Found LLVM ")
-message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
-add_library (wasmedge STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-set_target_properties(wasmedge PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${WasmEdge_LIB})
-target_link_libraries (ripple_libs INTERFACE wasmedge)
-add_library (NIH::WasmEdge ALIAS wasmedge)
-message("WasmEdge DONE")
+#[===================================================================[
+ NIH dep: wasmedge: web assembly runtime for hooks.
+#]===================================================================]
 
+find_package(Curses)
+if(CURSES_FOUND)
+  include_directories(${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  target_link_libraries(ripple_libs INTERFACE ${CURSES_LIBRARY})
+else()
+  message(WARNING "CURSES library not found... (only important for mac builds)")
+endif()
+
+
+find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
+message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
+ExternalProject_Add (wasmedge_src
+  PREFIX ${nih_cache_path}
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge.git
+  GIT_TAG 0.11.2
+  CMAKE_ARGS
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+    $<$<BOOL:${CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE}>:-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON>
+    -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
+    -DWASMEDGE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=OFF
+    -DWASMEDGE_BUILD_STATIC_LIB=ON
+    -DWASMEDGE_BUILD_AOT_RUNTIME=ON
+    -DWASMEDGE_FORCE_DISABLE_LTO=ON
+    -DWASMEDGE_LINK_LLVM_STATIC=ON
+    -DWASMEDGE_LINK_TOOLS_STATIC=ON
+    -DWASMEDGE_BUILD_PLUGINS=OFF
+    -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+    -DLLVM_DIR=${LLVM_DIR}
+    -DLLVM_LIBRARY_DIR=${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO=OFF
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${is_multiconfig}>>:-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}>
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:
+      "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-GR -Gd -fp:precise -FS -MP -march=native"
+      "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=-MTd"
+      "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=-MT"
+    >  
+  LOG_CONFIGURE ON
+  LOG_BUILD ON
+  LOG_CONFIGURE ON
+  COMMAND
+    pwd
+  BUILD_COMMAND
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+    --build .
+    --config $<CONFIG>
+    $<$<VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL:${CMAKE_VERSION},3.12>:--parallel ${ep_procs}>
+  TEST_COMMAND ""
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+  BUILD_BYPRODUCTS
+      <BINARY_DIR>/lib/api/libwasmedge.a
+)
+add_library (wasmedge STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+ExternalProject_Get_Property (wasmedge_src BINARY_DIR)
+ExternalProject_Get_Property (wasmedge_src SOURCE_DIR)
+set (wasmedge_src_BINARY_DIR "${BINARY_DIR}")
+add_dependencies (wasmedge wasmedge_src)
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND
+        mkdir -p "${wasmedge_src_BINARY_DIR}/include/api"
+)
+set_target_properties (wasmedge PROPERTIES
+  IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG
+    "${wasmedge_src_BINARY_DIR}/lib/api/libwasmedge.a"
+  IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE
+    "${wasmedge_src_BINARY_DIR}/lib/api/libwasmedge.a"
+  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+    "${wasmedge_src_BINARY_DIR}/include/api/"
+)
+target_link_libraries (ripple_libs INTERFACE wasmedge)
+#RH NOTE: some compilers / versions of some libraries need these, most don't
+
+find_library(XAR_LIBRARY NAMES xar)
+if(XAR_LIBRARY)
+  target_link_libraries(ripple_libs INTERFACE ${XAR_LIBRARY})
+else()
+  message(WARNING "xar library not found... (only important for mac builds)")
+endif()
+add_library (NIH::WasmEdge ALIAS wasmedge)
diff --git a/src/quickjs/utils.c b/src/quickjs/utils.c
index 43860c5ad..799b237d8 100644
--- a/src/quickjs/utils.c
+++ b/src/quickjs/utils.c
@@ -29,7 +29,33 @@
  * @{
  */
 void quicksort_r(void*, size_t, size_t, int (*)(const void*, const void*, void*), void*);
+#if defined(__linux__)
 int strverscmp(const char*, const char*);
+#else
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+int strverscmp(const char *s1, const char *s2) {
+    while (*s1 && *s2) {
+        if (isdigit(*s1) && isdigit(*s2)) {
+            char *end1, *end2;
+            long num1 = strtol(s1, &end1, 10);
+            long num2 = strtol(s2, &end2, 10);
+            if (num1 != num2) {
+                return num1 - num2;
+            }
+            s1 = end1;
+            s2 = end2;
+        } else {
+            if (*s1 != *s2) {
+                return *s1 - *s2;
+            }
+            s1++;
+            s2++;
+        }
+    }
+    return *s1 - *s2;
+}
+#endif
 
 #ifndef INFINITY
 #define INFINITY __builtin_inf()