Modules compiled for one version of Node.js would then run on later versions with no need to recompile. The N-API effort also aims to ease support of multiple back-end JavaScript engines.

Node.js is also being put to new uses. In a user survey published last April, the Node.js Foundation noted the platform -- with more than 3.5 million users and an annual growth rate of 100 percent -- ...

Certified Modules will be a fee-based service, with the price starting at $1,000 per month for up to 50 users. Accessing the service requires changing a line in the user’s NPM configuration.