Maintained fork for Node 20+ / ESM / webpack 5: threadsx

[jmaleonard]

First, thanks for threads.js — it's a great API and has been hugely useful.

Since the project hasn't seen active maintenance recently, I've published a maintained fork, threadsx (npm install threadsx), for anyone currently blocked. The public API is unchanged. It addresses several open issues here:

• Native ESM support (Package is not compatible with NodeJS ESM #496, v 1.7.0 isWorkerRuntime not available on ESM #452, Typescript workers don't work with ESM #434)
• TypeScript + webpack 5 / Vite worker bundling via the standard new Worker(new URL("./worker", import.meta.url)) form — no threads-plugin (Can't get threads.js working with TypeScript/React/Webpack 5 #387, No instantiations of threads.js workers found in TypeScript/Webpack setup #466, Could i use this in my vite project? #483)
• Process not exiting after Thread.terminate() — fixed a worker/timer leak (Node 14.5 - process does not exit after all Threads terminated #345)
• Node 20+ floor with native worker_threads (drops the tiny-worker fallback)

Docs: https://threadsx.jmaleonard.com · Changelog: v2.0.0

Happy to send fixes back upstream too if you'd ever like to pick maintenance back up. Not trying to step on the project — just want to help folks who are stuck. 🙏