Web workers

Partytown, Web-worker & Run are useful libraries.

Links

• When should you be using Web Workers? (2019)
• Comlink - Makes WebWorkers enjoyable. Tiny library, that removes the mental barrier of thinking about postMessage and hides the fact that you are working with workers.
• Threading the web with module workers (2019)
• Threads.js - Make web workers & worker threads as simple as a function call. (Web)
• Fully type-safe Web Workers with zero boilerplate
• web-worker - Consistent Web Workers in browser and Node.
• workerize-loader - A webpack loader that moves a module and its dependencies into a Web Worker, automatically reflecting exported functions as asynchronous proxies.
• Catiline.js - JavaScript library to take the pain out of web workers. (Web)
• The State Of Web Workers In 2021
• esbuild-plugin-inline-worker - Esbuild loader for inline Web Workers.
• Partytown - Relocate resource intensive 3rd-party scripts off of the main thread and into a web worker. (Web) (Article) (Lobsters) (Docs) (HN)
• main-thread-scheduling - Consistently responsive apps while staying on the main thread.
• AMP CDN Worker - Source code for the web worker that powers the AMP project's CDN server. This web worker runs on Cloudflare Workers.
• react-hooks-worker - React custom hooks for web workers.
• Web Workers API (HN)
• Full Preact app rendering in a Web Worker
• Workly - Simple way to move a stand-alone function/class to a worker thread.
• How to stop synchronous code in a web worker? (2022)
• Typed-Worker - Type-safe and Promisified API for Web Worker and Iframe.
• Framebuffer Worker - Draw on a Canvas from a Web Worker.
• Run - Run user-provided code in a Web Worker.
• How Web Workers Work in JavaScript – With a Practical JS Example (2022)
• Consider Animating Your Canvas in a Web Worker (2023) (Reddit)
• Via.js - Write JS code that runs in a different context. E.g. use the DOM in a Web Worker.
• Is it Worker? - Allows any developer to test what's available and what's not in Web Workers.
• Is postMessage slow? (2019)