detach.js

detach.js is a virtualization environment for Node. It allows Node code, as well as core modules, to run in a separate 'context', with controlled access through to the real system via drivers.

detach runs code at native speeds (where native is the normal speed of Javascript running in Node), and so is faster than other solutions such as Docker and virtual machines.

Warning: detach is not designed as a completely secure virtualization system - it is probably possible to communicate between contexts, for example. Instead, detach is very useful to ensure that a system runs under the same environment on two computers, or to provide minimum overhead wrappers around core systems (e.g. a network filesystem).

Installation

Install from NPM:

npm install detach --save

Note: detach.js is not designed to run in-browser, and so may fail to run properly. Additionally, detach relies on some of Node's inner workings, thus making it impractical for the browser.

Usage

Coming soon!

Documentation

Coming soon!

License

detach.js is released under the MIT license, included in the LICENSE file in this directory. Additionally, it can be found below for reference.

Copyright (c) 2015 cpdt and the xios project

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.