Github Releases page of this project contains base binaries,
used by pkg to create executables. pkg-fetch npm package
downloads base binaries or compiles them from source.
Nexe is a command-line utility that compiles your Node.js application into a single executable file. It also fetches Node.js binaries but focuses more on the compilation and packaging of the application. Compared to pkg-fetch, nexe provides a more integrated solution for creating standalone executables.
Pkg is a tool that packages Node.js projects into executables for various platforms. It uses pkg-fetch internally to fetch the necessary Node.js binaries. While pkg-fetch focuses on fetching binaries, pkg provides a higher-level interface for packaging applications.
Node-pre-gyp is a tool that makes it easy to publish and install Node.js C++ addons from binaries. It fetches pre-built binaries for Node.js modules, similar to how pkg-fetch fetches Node.js binaries. However, node-pre-gyp is more focused on native addons rather than standalone executables.
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Compiles and stores base binaries for pkg
The npm package pkg-fetch receives a total of 188,358 weekly downloads. As such, pkg-fetch popularity was classified as popular.
We found that pkg-fetch demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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