charto/nbind

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2001 stars · 118 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

nbind is a set of C++11 header files that automatically generate JavaScript bindings for C++ libraries with a single #include, usable as Node.js addons or compiled to asm.js/WebAssembly via Emscripten for browsers. It also generates TypeScript definitions and integrates with node-gyp through the autogypi tool.

Use cases

• call c++ code from javascript
• create node.js native addons from c++ libraries
• compile c++ library to run in the browser
• generate typescript definitions for c++ api
• use same c++ codebase on node and web

When to choose

• you have an existing C++11 library and want JavaScript access with minimal boilerplate
• you want one codebase targeting both Node.js and browsers via Emscripten
• you prefer header-only bindings without external code-generation tools

When to avoid

• you need actively maintained bindings - the project has had no releases since 2019
• you target modern Node.js with N-API instead of the older NAN-based addon approach
• you need bindings for languages other than JavaScript

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

sdk compiler developer-tools developer-tools web-development cross-platform cpp browser wasm c-plus-plus-bindings node-addon emscripten asmjs typescript-definitions ffi nodejs

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