Missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScript
Shares rank 19 of 24 JavaScript libraries by recommenders
Recommended for a clean, beautiful API for multithreading in JavaScript. Caveat: move() behaves differently depending on the data type passed to it.
Recommended for a clean, beautiful API for multithreading in JavaScript. Caveat: move() behaves differently depending on the data type passed to it.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Beautiful, clean API design
“this is a very beautiful API!”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “The missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScript” “beautiful api nicely made”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “The missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScript” Promising, worth a look
“This looks great. If it works as well as the readme suggests”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “The missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScript” “This seems very much worth a look!”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “The missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScript”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
move() behaves differently by data type
“move() doing different things depending on the type of data you pass to it feels like a foot-gun”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “The missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScript”
Other JavaScript libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other JavaScript libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jQuery | 111 | 48 | 70% | 12 | 16 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| Picknplace.js | 58 | 26 | 69% | 1 | — | — |
| Alpine.js | 50 | 16 | 76% | 11 | 1 yr4 owners | Approved |
| Effect (TypeScript library) | 38 | 16 | 70% | 10 | 2 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Missing standard library for multithreading in JavaScriptThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“beautiful api nicely made”
“this is a very beautiful API!”
“move() doing different things depending on the type of data you pass to it feels like a foot-gun”
“This looks great. If it works as well as the readme suggests”
“This seems very much worth a look!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.