Node-Addon-API C++ Wrapper for Node.js Native Addons

Node-Addon-API (N-API) is a C++ wrapper library that significantly simplifies the development of Node.js native add-ons. It provides a higher-level, more idiomatic C++ interface over the raw C-based Node-API, leveraging modern C++ features like RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization) and exceptions for safer and more robust native module development. This abstraction layer helps manage memory and resources automatically, reducing common errors associated with manual memory management in C. The current stable version is 8.7.0, with minor feature and bugfix releases occurring every few months. Its primary differentiator is making Node.js native module development accessible to C++ developers by providing familiar C++ paradigms, while maintaining ABI stability across Node.js major versions, ensuring compiled add-ons continue to work without recompilation against newer Node.js releases. It is the recommended path for new native addon development.