Proposal: Integrate NSolid or custom node runtimes as an Alternative to Node List in Volta-CLI

[italojs]

Description:

I propose integrating NSolid as an alternative to the standard Node list within Volta-CLI. NSolid is an open-source fork of Node.js, enriched with advanced performance metrics and optimization tools. This integration would offer users enhanced capabilities in monitoring and optimizing their Node.js environments.

Benefits:

• Node source's support: Nsolid is maintained by the company Node source where has many nodejs core committers and people from OpenJS foundation, so they could help improve the Volta's popularity too putting the Volta inside their marketing, blog posts, training, etc.
• Enhanced Performance Monitoring: NSolid provides detailed insights into application performance, which is crucial for optimizing Node.js applications.
• Security Auditing: NSolid includes security auditing features, ensuring applications are not only efficient but also secure.
• Advanced Metrics and Tools: With NSolid, users get access to a suite of tools and metrics unavailable in the standard Node.js distribution.
• Seamless Integration: As NSolid is a fork of Node.js, it can be integrated into Volta-CLI with minimal compatibility issues.
• Community Support: Leveraging an open-source solution like NSolid can encourage community contributions and support.

Alternatives:

• Staying with Standard Node: Retaining the current setup without integrating NSolid. This approach limits the advanced features NSolid offers but maintains the status quo.
  Integration of Other Tools: Considering other performance and monitoring tools that could complement the standard Node list in Volta-CLI.

Proposed User Experience:

• Easy Switching: Users can seamlessly switch between standard Node.js and NSolid within Volta-CLI, providing flexibility since nsolid has a synlink between node and nsolid, so if you call node, you will call nsolid.
• Enhanced CLI Commands: Additional commands or flags in Volta-CLI to access NSolid-specific features, such as performance metrics and security audits.
• Documentation and Guides: Comprehensive documentation to assist users in utilizing NSolid features effectively.

Implementation Considerations:

• Compatibility Checks: Ensuring NSolid's compatibility with existing Volta-CLI features.
• Performance Overheads: Assessing any potential performance overheads introduced by integrating NSolid.
• Community Feedback: Soliciting feedback from the Volta-CLI community for a user-centric implementation.

I believe that integrating NSolid into Volta-CLI could substantially enhance the tool's functionality, offering users a more powerful and insightful Node.js experience.

[chriskrycho]

Thanks for the suggestion! I think this is probably possible in a relatively straightforward way, but likely needs some design work (so: a lightweight RFC would be helpful!), and that may best be tackled as part of thinking about more general support for "other runtimes", e.g. Deno (#731) and Bun (#1465), which are obviously further away from Node than NSolid but have some similar considerations.