Install snapdir for Node.js
The @snapdir/snapdir package ships prebuilt native binaries, so you get the
full snapdir core — the same BLAKE3 walk, manifests, and 64-character snapshot
IDs as the CLI — with a single npm install and no compiler in sight.
Install
npm install @snapdir/snapdirThat is the whole install. The package is prebuilt, zero build tools: it
ships precompiled native binaries for Linux (glibc + musl) and macOS on x64 and
arm64, so there is no Rust toolchain, C compiler, or post-install build step.
The loader picks the right .node binary for your platform automatically —
including the musl build, which means it runs on Alpine out of the box. Each
release is CI-verified straight from npm on node:22-alpine.
Platform support
Every binding runs on Linux (glibc and Alpine/musl, x64 and arm64) and macOS; Windows is unsupported, since snapdir is Unix-only.
The one binding-wide exception is Java, which is glibc-only today (musl support is planned for 1.11.1). The Node.js binding has no such caveat — it loads on glibc and musl alike.
Next
- Node.js quickstart — a 60-second push → pull round-trip.
- snapdir for Node.js — the full binding reference.