Cloudflare Workers runtime now supports Node.js modules
Cloudflare overhauled its Workers runtime to better match Node.js—meaning modules are loaded and resolved the same way as Node, including support for URLs and different import types. Now, every stable Node.js API is enabled by default. Larger Node.js apps can run in Workers, with a compressed bundle size limit removed. To use the improvements, you need to enable a new compatibility flag.
- Workers now handle Node.js module resolution
- Supports ESM, CommonJS, WebAssembly modules
- All stable Node.js APIs are supported by default
- No limit on compressed bundle size for Node.js apps
- Improvements require enabling new compat flag
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