workerpool
A JavaScript library for creating and managing pools of workers to offload CPU-intensive tasks in Node.js and browsers.
What is workerpool?
Workerpool is a JavaScript library that provides a simple way to create and manage pools of workers for offloading CPU-intensive tasks. It implements a thread pool pattern, allowing tasks to be queued and executed by available workers, preventing blocking of the main event loop in both Node.js and browser environments. It solves the problem of JavaScript's single-threaded nature by enabling parallel execution of heavy computations.
JavaScript developers building applications with CPU-intensive operations (e.g., data processing, image manipulation, complex calculations) that need to maintain responsiveness in browsers or improve throughput in Node.js servers.
Developers choose Workerpool for its unified API that works across Node.js and browsers, its small size, and its feature set including task cancellation, timeouts, and transferable objects. It abstracts away the differences between Web Workers, worker_threads, and child_process, making concurrent programming more accessible.
Overview
Offload tasks to a pool of workers on node.js and in the browser
Use Cases
Best For
- Offloading heavy calculations from the main thread in browser-based applications
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