system_assignation/node_modules/node-addon-api/doc/prebuild_tools.md

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Prebuild tools

The distribution of a native add-on is just as important as its implementation. In order to install a native add-on it's important to have all the necessary dependencies installed and well configured (see the setup section). The end-user will need to compile the add-on when they will do an npm install and in some cases this could create problems. To avoid the compilation process it's possible to ditribute the native add-on in pre-built form for different platform and architectures. The prebuild tools help to create and distrubute the pre-built form of a native add-on.

The following list report two of the tools that are compatible with N-API: