# napi-rs/node-rs

Node.js bindings ❤️ Rust crates

Repository: https://github.com/napi-rs/node-rs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-rs
Homepage: https://node-rs.dev
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: napi-rs, node-api, nodejs, crc32c, bcrypt, hash, eslint, jieba
Last push: 2026-08-25T06:55:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2360, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 24}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1469, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.019899+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of Node.js native addons written in Rust using napi-rs, providing packages like @node-rs/bcrypt, @node-rs/argon2, @node-rs/crc32, @node-rs/xxhash, @node-rs/webtoken, and @node-rs/jieba. It offers high-performance Rust implementations of hashing, checksum, JWT, and Chinese word segmentation libraries as npm packages.

## Use cases
- hash passwords with bcrypt in nodejs
- verify and sign jwt tokens fast
- compute crc32 checksums with simd
- segment chinese text in node
- use argon2 password hashing in nodejs
- compute xxhash digests in javascript

## When to choose
- you need faster native implementations of bcrypt, argon2, crc32, xxhash, jwt, or jieba in Node.js
- you want prebuilt cross-platform npm packages without compiling native code

## When to avoid
- you need pure JavaScript dependencies for portability
- you need algorithms not covered by the provided packages

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: cryptography, nlp, serialization
- domain: developer-tools, security
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: napi-rs, native-addons, bcrypt, argon2, crc32, xxhash, jieba, webtoken, rust-bindings, natural-language-processing, nodejs

## Member repositories
- napi-rs/node-rs (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.019899+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:54.081899+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/napi-rs/node-rs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.019899+00:00, sha dbb107f12368)
  - homepage: https://node-rs.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:42:54.928606+00:00, sha d3d44afddde1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.