# How we rebuilt Cloudflare Workers' module registry for Node.js compatibility

DevFeed: [How we rebuilt Cloudflare Workers' module registry for Node.js compatibility](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-rebuilt-cloudflare-workers-module-registry-for-node-js-compatibility-123.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-module-registry-nodejs/>)

Author: James Snell

Published: 2026-09-09T13:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cloudflare Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cloudflare-blog.md>)

Topics: [Workers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/workers.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>)

Tags: [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [cloudflare-workers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare-workers.md>), [developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-platform.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [webassembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webassembly.md>), [workers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workers.md>)

## AI overview

Cloudflare rebuilt the Workers runtime module registry to improve Node.js compatibility, URL-based module resolution, module caching, import validation, lazy compilation, and WebAssembly support.

## Source excerpt

Workers now enables Node.js compatibility by default, supports applications up to 64 mebibytes, and adds a URL-based module registry with import.meta, lazy compilation, shared code caches, and clearer errors.