How NAPI-RS is used
NAPI-RS joined the catalog on its public numbers (802,384 downloads a week on npm and 7,982 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 18 public GitHub projects of our scan, 1 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Vite (94.4%), Anthropic SDK (88.9%), Electron Notarize (88.9%).
NAPI-RS popularity over time
Gid Score 49: downloads 62, use in agent projects 26, GitHub stars 46, downloads trend 63 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with NAPI-RS
| Vite | 94.4% of NAPI-RS projects · 4.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| Anthropic SDK | 88.9% of NAPI-RS projects · 23.8× more than average |
| Electron Notarize | 88.9% of NAPI-RS projects · 1379.6× more than average |
| Electron Rebuild | 88.9% of NAPI-RS projects · 689.8× more than average |
| Google Cloud Speech SDK | 88.9% of NAPI-RS projects · 1379.6× more than average |
| Google Generative AI | 88.9% of NAPI-RS projects · 32.7× more than average |
| gRPC for Node.js | 88.9% of NAPI-RS projects · 5518.2× more than average |
| gRPC Proto Loader | 88.9% of NAPI-RS projects · 5518.2× more than average |
How NAPI-RS is funded
Open Collective: NAPI-RS
| Received, last 12 months | $2,196 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $2,200 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $172 |
| Raised since the start | $10,312 · $10,140 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $171 · $171 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +6% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 2 |
Top company backers all time
| Workleap | $5,800 since Dec 2023 |
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Jan 2023Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Jan 2023. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @napi-rs | 17 current sponsors |
|---|---|
| @Brooooooklyn | 19 current sponsors |
| @forehalo | 4 current sponsors |
| @messense | 24 current sponsors |
GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay. Sponsors of a person back all of their work, which here includes @napi-rs/canvas, @node-rs/argon2, @napi-rs/keyring.
Ways to fund NAPI-RS
GitHub Sponsors GitHub Sponsors GitHub Sponsors GitHub Sponsors Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @napi-rs/cli |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (17), Rust (1) |
| Example projects | atlowChemi/vite-svg-2-webfont, royisme/pikabaka |
Alternatives to NAPI-RS
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Build tools and bundlers does the same job as NAPI-RS: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in Build tools and bundlers: Vite Turborepo esbuild Babel (JavaScript) Laravel Vite Plugin React Compiler Babel Plugin Nx vite-tsconfig-paths