# 🔗 nodeBond – Local IPC Bridge for Node.js (no TCP, no dependencies)

Tired of using HTTP, WebSockets, or message queues just to make two local Node.js apps talk to each other?

Meet nodeBond — a lightweight, dependency-free IPC bridge that lets your Node.js apps exchange messages locally, fast and easily.

✅ Why nodeBond?

• Zero dependencies — built on Node.js net
• Fully local: no ports, no servers
• Bi-directional messaging with .dual()
• CLI-ready: npx nodebond send appX '{"hello": "world"}'
• Cross-platform (Windows named pipes, Unix domain sockets)
• Debug mode via NODEBOND_DEBUG=1
• MIT licensed & open-source

📆 Install

npm install nodebond

⚡ Quick Example

appA.js

const bond = require('nodebond').dual('appA', 'appB');
bond.sendTo('appB', { msg: 'Hi from A' });

appB.js

const bond = require('nodebond').dual('appB', 'appA');
bond.on('data', msg => console.log('[appB]', msg));

🔗 Try the CLI:

npx nodebond send appA '{"ping": "from CLI"}'

Check it out on GitHub:
👉 github.com/Xzdes/nodeBond

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