# napajs

**Repository Path**: mirrors_PatrickJS/napajs

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: napajs
- **Description**: Napa.js: a multi-threaded JavaScript runtime
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-23

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## README

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# Napa.js
Napa.js is a multi-threaded JavaScript runtime built on [V8](https://github.com/v8/v8), which was originally designed to develop highly iterative services with non-compromised performance in Bing. As it evolves, we find it useful to complement [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) in CPU-bound tasks, with the capability of executing JavaScript in multiple V8 isolates and communicating between them. Napa.js is exposed as a Node.js module, while it can also be embedded in a host process without Node.js dependency.

## Installation
Install the latest stable version:
```
npm install napajs
```
Other options can be found in [Build Napa.js](https://github.com/Microsoft/napajs/wiki/build-napa.js).

## Quick Start
```js
var napa = require('napajs');
var zone1 = napa.zone.create('zone1', { workers: 4} );

// Broadcast code to all 4 workers in 'zone1'.
zone1.broadcast('console.log("hello world");');

// Execute an anonymous function in any worker thread in 'zone1'.
zone1.execute(
    (text) => {
        return text;
    }, 
    ['hello napa'])
    .then((result) => {
        console.log(result.value);
    });
```
More examples:
* [Estimate PI in parallel](./examples/tutorial/estimate-pi-in-parallel)
* [Recursive Fibonacci with multiple JavaScript threads](./examples/tutorial/recursive-fibonacci)
* [Max sub-matrix of 1s with layered parallelism](./examples/tutorial/max-square-sub-matrix)

## Features
- Multi-threaded JavaScript runtime
- Node.js compatible module architecture with NPM support
- API for object transportation, object sharing and synchronization across JavaScript threads
- API for pluggable logging, metric and memory allocator
- Distributed as a Node.js module, as well as supporting embed scenarios

## Documentation
- [Napa.js Home](https://github.com/Microsoft/napajs/wiki)
- [API Reference](./docs/api/index.md)

# Contribute
You can contribute to Napa.js in following ways:

* [Report issues](https://github.com/Microsoft/napajs/issues) and help us verify fixes as they are checked in.
* Review the [source code changes](https://github.com/Microsoft/napajs/pulls).
* Contribute bug fixes.

This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/). For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

# Contacts
* [Mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/napajs)