nan
Native Abstractions for Node.js (by nodejs)
@sindresorhus/is
Type check values (by sindresorhus)

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nan | @sindresorhus/is | |
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6 | 1 | |
3,296 | 1,700 | |
0.1% | 0.5% | |
6.5 | 6.5 | |
about 2 months ago | 5 months ago | |
C++ | TypeScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
nan
Posts with mentions or reviews of nan.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-12-02.
- C++ Addons no Node.js
- What's the "modern" way of creating a native addon for Node.js?
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Node.js vs. Python: How to choose the best technology to develop your backend
TypeScript has gained popularity in recent years, and to put things into perspective, it has over 29 million weekly downloads on npm. According to the Stack Overflow 2021 developer survey, it is ranked as the third most-loved programing language, beating Python, Node.js, and JavaScript itself. To learn how to set up TypeScript with node, see this article.
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How to read audio data from a 'MediaStream' object in a C++ addon
After sweating blood and tears I've finally managed to set up a Node C++ addon and shove a web-platform standard MediaStream object into one of its C++ methods for good. For compatibility across different V8 and Node.js versions, I'm using Native Abstractions for Node.js (nan):
- Node Bindings untuk binding dari C++ pada Node.js
- How do i integrate C++ backend with electron GUI?
@sindresorhus/is
Posts with mentions or reviews of @sindresorhus/is.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-12.
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TypeScript Tricks I wish I knew when I learned TypeScript
I really like this package, because it not only uses the method you mentioned for checking types, but is written in TS, so you get the type checking feedback.
https://github.com/sindresorhus/is
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nan and @sindresorhus/is you can also consider the following projects:
execa - Process execution for humans
file-type - Detect the file type of a file, stream, or data
node-pre-gyp - Node.js tool for easy binary deployment of C++ addons
ow - Function argument validation for humans
strip-bom - Strip UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from a string
node-addon-api - Module for using Node-API from C++
typescript-transform-paths - Transforms module resolution paths using TypeScript path mapping and/or custom paths
Banshee
husky - Git hooks made easy š¶ woof!
editly - Slick, declarative command line video editing & API
dotenv - Loads environment variables from .env for nodejs projects.

Nutrient - The #1 PDF SDK Library
Bad PDFs = bad UX. Slow load times, broken annotations, clunky UX frustrates users. Nutrientās PDF SDKs gives seamless document experiences, fast rendering, annotations, real-time collaboration, 100+ features. Used by 10K+ devs, serving ~half a billion users worldwide. Explore the SDK for free.
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