diff --git a/dub.sdl b/dub.sdl
index ae0980f..4d60eae 100644
--- a/dub.sdl
+++ b/dub.sdl
@@ -14,13 +14,34 @@ dependency "automem" version="~>0.6.6"
 configuration "executable" {
   targetType "executable"
   mainSourceFile "./src/native/cli.d"
+	excludedSourceFiles "./src/native/libc.d" "./src/node/node.d"
 }
 
 configuration "library" {
+	excludedSourceFiles "./src/native/cli.d" "./src/node/node.d"
   targetType "library"
   targetName "minijson"
 }
 
+configuration "node-executable" {
+	targetType "executable"
+	excludedSourceFiles "./src/native/cli.d" "./src/native/libc.d"
+
+	postGenerateCommands "node ./src/node/build.js"
+}
+
+configuration "node-lib" {
+	targetType "dynamicLibrary"
+	targetName "minijson.node"
+
+	mainSourceFile "./src/node/node.d"
+	excludedSourceFiles "./src/native/cli.d" "./src/native/libc.d"
+
+	dependency "node_dlang" version="0.4.11"
+
+	postGenerateCommands "node ./src/node/build.js"
+}
+
 # -------- Build Options and configurations --------
 
 // enables all disp except =nosharedaccess
diff --git a/dub.selections.json b/dub.selections.json
index 3f9d51f..a73b4c9 100644
--- a/dub.selections.json
+++ b/dub.selections.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	"fileVersion": 1,
 	"versions": {
 		"automem": "0.6.6",
+		"node_dlang": "0.4.11",
 		"test_allocator": "0.3.3",
 		"unit-threaded": "2.0.0"
 	}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1a36da..89a5f5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
     "build.native.release": "pnpm build.native -- --build release-nobounds --compiler=ldc2",
     "build.native.profile": "pnpm build.native -- --build profile --compiler=ldc2 && node ./src/node/build.js",
     "start.profile": "npm run start.benchmark && profdump.exe --dot trace.log trace.dot && dot -Tsvg trace.dot -o trace.svg && ./trace.svg",
-    "build.node": "npm run build.native.release && node ./src/node/build.js && (tsc -p ./src/node/tsconfig.json || echo done)",
+    "build.node.exe": "dub build --config=node-executable --build=release-nobounds && tsc -p ./src/node/tsconfig.json",
+    "build.node.lib": "dub build --config=node-lib --build=release-nobounds && tsc -p ./src/node/tsconfig.json",
+    "build.node": "npm run build.node.exe && npm run build.node.lib",
     "build.wasm": "ldc2 ./src/wasm/wasm.d ./src/native/lib.d --od ./dist --O3 --mtriple=wasm32-unknown-unknown-wasm",
     "build.browser": "npm run build.wasm && parcel build --target browser ./src/browser/index.html",
     "start.browser": "servor ./dist/ --browse --reload",
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@
     "zip": "zip -9 -j ./dist/minijson-windows-x64.zip ./dist/win32-x64/minijson.exe && zip -9 -j ./dist/minijson-macos-x64.zip ./dist/darwin-x64/minijson && zip -9 -j ./dist/minijson-linux-x64.zip ./dist/linux-x64/minijson",
     "prepublishOnly": "shx rm -rf ./dist/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo ./dist/build.*"
   },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "node-addon-api": "^4.0.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jasmine": "^3.7.7",
     "@types/node": "16.0.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a4ce890..4a42f3e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ specifiers:
   jasmine-spec-reporter: ^7.0.0
   jsonminify: ^0.4.1
   mjs-dirname: ^1.0.0
+  node-addon-api: ^4.0.0
   parcel: ^2.0.0-beta.3.1
   prettier-config-atomic: ^2.0.5
   servor: ^4.0.2
   shx: 0.3.3
   strip-json-comments: ^3.1.1
 
+dependencies:
+  node-addon-api: 4.0.0
+
 devDependencies:
   '@types/jasmine': 3.7.7
   '@types/node': 16.0.0
@@ -4427,6 +4431,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-mmcei9JghVNDYydghQmeDX8KoAm0FAiYyIcUt/N4nhyAipB17pllZQDOJD2fotxABnt4Mdz+dKTO7eftLg4d0A==}
     dev: true
 
+  /node-addon-api/4.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ALmRVBFzfwldBfk3SbKfl6+PVMXiCPKZBEfsJqB/EjXAMAI+MfFrEHR+GMRBuI162DihZ1QjEZ8ieYKuRCJ8Hg==}
+    dev: false
+
   /node-forge/0.10.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-PPmu8eEeG9saEUvI97fm4OYxXVB6bFvyNTyiUOBichBpFG8A1Ljw3bY62+5oOjDEMHRnd0Y7HQ+x7uzxOzC6JA==}
     engines: {node: '>= 6.0.0'}
diff --git a/src/native/lib.d b/src/native/lib.d
index fdee184..69d2803 100644
--- a/src/native/lib.d
+++ b/src/native/lib.d
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const spaceOrBreakRegex = ctRegex!(`\s`);
   Return:
     the minified json string
 */
-string minifyString(in string jsonString, in bool hasComment = false) @trusted
+extern (C) string minifyString(string jsonString, bool hasComment = false) @trusted
 {
   auto in_string = false;
   auto in_multiline_comment = false;
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ string minifyString(in string jsonString, in bool hasComment = false) @trusted
       {
         leftContextSubstr = leftContextSubstr.replaceAll(spaceOrBreakRegex, "");
       }
-      if (!noLeftContext) {
+      if (!noLeftContext)
+      {
         result ~= leftContextSubstr;
       }
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ private bool notSlashAndNoSpaceOrBreak(in string matchFrontHit) @safe
     files = the paths to the files.
     hasComment = a boolean to support comments in json. Default: `false`.
 */
-void minifyFiles(in string[] files, in bool hasComment = false)
+extern (C) void minifyFiles(string[] files, bool hasComment = false)
 {
   import std.parallelism : parallel;
   import std.file : readText, write;
diff --git a/src/native/libc.d b/src/native/libc.d
index 59ee634..dc2e1e8 100644
--- a/src/native/libc.d
+++ b/src/native/libc.d
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ module minijson.libc;
 
 import minijson.lib : minifyString;
 
-extern (C):
-
 /**
   Minify the given JSON string using C ABI.
 
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ extern (C):
   Return:
     the minified json string
 */
-auto minifyString(in char* jsonCString, in bool hasComment = false)
+extern (C) auto c_minifyString(in char* jsonCString, in bool hasComment = false)
 {
   import std : fromStringz, toStringz;
 
diff --git a/src/node/build.js b/src/node/build.js
index efe5d79..128bffb 100644
--- a/src/node/build.js
+++ b/src/node/build.js
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 const { join, dirname } = require("path")
-const { renameSync, mkdirSync } = require("fs")
+const { renameSync, mkdirSync, existsSync } = require("fs")
 const { execFileSync } = require("child_process")
 
-const exeExtention = process.platform === "win32" ? ".exe" : ""
-const binName = `minijson${exeExtention}`
-
 const distFolder = join(dirname(dirname(__dirname)), "dist")
-const minijsonSource = join(distFolder, binName)
-
 const distPlatformFolder = join(distFolder, `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`)
-mkdirSync(distPlatformFolder, { recursive: true })
 
 function stripBin(file) {
   if (process.platform === "win32") {
@@ -17,8 +11,27 @@ function stripBin(file) {
   }
   return execFileSync(process.env.STRIP || "strip", [file, process.platform === "darwin" ? "-Sx" : "--strip-all"])
 }
-stripBin(minijsonSource)
 
+mkdirSync(distPlatformFolder, { recursive: true })
+
+// exe
+
+const exeExtention = process.platform === "win32" ? ".exe" : ""
+const binName = `minijson${exeExtention}`
+const minijsonSource = join(distFolder, binName)
 const minijsonDist = join(distPlatformFolder, binName)
 
-renameSync(minijsonSource, minijsonDist)
+if (existsSync(minijsonSource)) {
+  stripBin(minijsonSource)
+  renameSync(minijsonSource, minijsonDist)
+}
+
+// lib
+
+const libExtension = process.platform === "win32" ? ".dll" : ".so"
+const minijsonLibSource = join(distFolder, `${process.platform === "linux" ? "lib" : ""}minijson.node${libExtension}`)
+const minijsonLibDist = join(distPlatformFolder, `minijson.node`)
+
+if (existsSync(minijsonLibSource)) {
+  renameSync(minijsonLibSource, minijsonLibDist)
+}
diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index 458d3b6..57a59fc 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
-import { spawnMinijson } from "./lib"
+import { execFile } from "child_process"
+import { join } from "path"
+
+const exeExtention = process.platform === "win32" ? ".exe" : ""
+const binName = `minijson${exeExtention}`
+
+const minijsonBin = join(__dirname, `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`, binName)
+
+/**
+ * Spawn minijson with the given arguments
+ *
+ * @param args An array of arguments
+ * @returns {Promise<string>} Returns a promise that resolves to stdout output string when the operation finishes
+ * @throws {Promise<string | Error>} The promise is rejected with the reason for failure
+ */
+export function spawnMinijson(args: string[]): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+    execFile(minijsonBin, args, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+      if (err) {
+        reject(err)
+      }
+      if (stderr !== "") {
+        reject(stderr)
+      }
+      resolve(stdout)
+    })
+  })
+}
 
 async function main() {
   await spawnMinijson(process.argv)
diff --git a/src/node/lib.ts b/src/node/lib.ts
index c252b24..edb4028 100644
--- a/src/node/lib.ts
+++ b/src/node/lib.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { execFile } from "child_process"
 import { join } from "path"
+const minijsonLib = join(__dirname, `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`, "minijson.node")
+
+const nativeLib = require(minijsonLib) // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 
 /**
  * Minify all the given JSON files in place. It minifies the files in parallel.
@@ -14,19 +16,7 @@ export async function minifyFiles(files: string[], hasComment = false): Promise<
   if (filesNum === 0) {
     return Promise.resolve()
   }
-
-  const args = [...files]
-  const spliceUpper = 2 * filesNum - 2
-
-  for (let iSplice = 0; iSplice <= spliceUpper; iSplice += 2) {
-    args.splice(iSplice, 0, "--file")
-  }
-
-  if (hasComment) {
-    args.push("--comment")
-  }
-
-  await spawnMinijson(args)
+  nativeLib.minifyFiles(files, hasComment)
 }
 
 /**
@@ -38,36 +28,6 @@ export async function minifyFiles(files: string[], hasComment = false): Promise<
  * @throws {Promise<string | Error>} The promise is rejected with the reason for failure
  */
 export async function minifyString(jsonString: string, hasComment = false): Promise<string> {
-  const args = ["--string", jsonString]
-  if (hasComment) {
-    args.push("--comment")
-  }
   // trim is needed due to using stdout for interop
-  return (await spawnMinijson(args)).trim()
-}
-
-const exeExtention = process.platform === "win32" ? ".exe" : ""
-const binName = `minijson${exeExtention}`
-
-const minijsonBin = join(__dirname, `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`, binName)
-
-/**
- * Spawn minijson with the given arguments
- *
- * @param args An array of arguments
- * @returns {Promise<string>} Returns a promise that resolves to stdout output string when the operation finishes
- * @throws {Promise<string | Error>} The promise is rejected with the reason for failure
- */
-export function spawnMinijson(args: string[]): Promise<string> {
-  return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-    execFile(minijsonBin, args, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
-      if (err) {
-        reject(err)
-      }
-      if (stderr !== "") {
-        reject(stderr)
-      }
-      resolve(stdout)
-    })
-  })
+  return nativeLib.minifyFiles(jsonString, hasComment)
 }
diff --git a/src/node/node.d b/src/node/node.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e66fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/node.d
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module minijson.node;
+
+import node_dlang;
+
+import minijson.lib : minifyString;
+
+private extern (C) void atStart(napi_env env)
+{
+}
+
+mixin exportToJs!(minifyString, MainFunction!atStart);