--- title: Executing C Code with JavaScript | daily.dev description: Learn how to execute C code with JavaScript by following a step-by-step process. Discover the role of Node.js in running C programs and the benefits of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/executing-c-code-with-javascript-naszeyz81 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Executing C Code with JavaScript | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to execute C code with JavaScript by following a step-by-step process. Discover the role of Node.js in running C programs and the benefits of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/executing-c-code-with-javascript-naszeyz81 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/naSZEyz81.png og:image:alt: Executing C Code with JavaScript og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Executing C Code with JavaScript **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 3 min read · 16 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Learn how to execute C code with JavaScript by following a step-by-step process. Discover the role of Node.js in running C programs and the benefits of understanding how different programming languages interact at the system level. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bizarreal** · 1 upvotes > The article is quite idiotic, since it's not exclusive to JavaScript, but to most programming languages. Not only that, but it completely fails to mention that you can write native Node modules with the Node Add-on API, which should be the way to correctly use a C/C++ program anyway. **@kemorave** · 0 upvotes > Please no **@http\_** · 0 upvotes > Interesting ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#c](https://daily.dev/tags/c) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/executing-c-code-with-javascript-naszeyz81) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Executing C Code with JavaScript","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/executing-c-code-with-javascript-naszeyz81","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/executing-c-code-with-javascript-naszeyz81"},"datePublished":"2024-05-13T03:18:32.839Z","dateModified":"2024-05-13T03:18:31.115Z","description":"Learn how to execute C code with JavaScript by following a step-by-step process. 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