bytenode vs pkg

bytenode

A minimalist bytecode compiler for Node.js (by OsamaAbbas)

#NodeJS #Bytecode #v8 #Compiler #source-code-protection #bytenode

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pkg

Package your Node.js project into an executable [Moved to: https://github.com/vercel/pkg] (by zeit)

#NodeJS #Binaries #Compiler #CLI

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bytenode		pkg
	Project
10	Mentions	1
2,029	Stars	18,233
2.8%	Growth	-
1.7	Activity	8.4
4 days ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	MIT License

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bytenode

Posts with mentions or reviews of bytenode. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-20.

electron-vite: Easy way to protect your Electron source code
3 projects | dev.to | 20 Sep 2022

electron-vite inspired by bytenode, the specific implementation:
Delivering an application in CL w.o. source
2 projects | reddit.com/r/lisp | 4 Jan 2022
How to secure an Electron app with a license key
3 projects | reddit.com/r/electronjs | 14 Dec 2021
Compile your JS code: New Bytenode support for Electron
3 projects | reddit.com/r/electronjs | 29 Apr 2021

It doesn't appear that there is any performance penalty to using Bytenode. There are some benchmark functions in the repository, but certainly more work could be done to test. My gut feeling is that the minor overhead of loading the binary is balanced out by the minor speed increase by giving V8 a pre-compiled file.
Hide source code
2 projects | reddit.com/r/electronjs | 23 Mar 2021

There's an NPM package called bytenode which compiles your JavaScript to V8 bytecode.

pkg

Posts with mentions or reviews of pkg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning pkg yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing bytenode and pkg you can also consider the following projects:

electron-bytenode-example - A basic Hello World boilerplate using Webpack to convert Electron Javascript code to binary using Bytenode and the Bytenode Webpack Plugin

asarmor - Protect asar archive files from extraction

pkg - Package your Node.js project into an executable

xnbcli - A CLI tool for XNB packing/unpacking purpose built for Stardew Valley.

thislang - A subset of javascript implemented in that subset of javascript. Yes, it can run itself.

wat-compiler - webassembly wat text format to binary compiler

deploy - Deployment tools for standalone Common Lisp applications

alacritty-themes - :rainbow: :lollipop: Themes :candy: :heart_eyes: for Alacritty: A cross-platform GPU-accelerated Terminal emulator

bytenode vs electron-bytenode-example