Synckit enables synchronous execution of asynchronous functions in Node.js. Leveraging worker threads, it bypasses the single-threaded limitations of JavaScript. This is useful for integrating asynchronous code into synchronous workflows or interacting with libraries lacking synchronous alternatives. Synckit simplifies wrapping asynchronous calls, providing a clean and efficient way to improve performance when synchronous behavior is necessary. This improves the user experience of tools that often need to wrap libraries like esbuild in CLIs.
Synckit's release frequency shows peaks in April and July 2021, and again in June and July 2022. After a period of lower activity, releases picked up in late 2023 and early 2024. The highest activity occured in March, April, and May of 2025. Recent data, up to August 2025, indicates a lull in new releases.
Synckit npm package downloads surged from February 2024 (8.8M) to August 2025 (55.9M). Significant growth occurred throughout 2024, peaking in October (48.6M). The upward trend continued into 2025, reaching a high in July (83.4M). August 2025 data is incomplete.
