diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f2d21f4..0d4f2a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ on:
         type: 'choice'
         options: ['no', 'pypi', 'testpypi']
 
+      publish_npm:
+        description: 'whether to publish the npm packages'
+        required: false
+        default: 'no'
+        type: 'choice'
+        options: ['no', 'yes']
+
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -88,9 +95,6 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.inputs.upload_wheel != 'no' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
     needs: build_wheels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13, macos-14]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -98,10 +102,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: benjlevesque/short-sha@v3.0
         id: short_sha
     
-      # Download artifact
+      # Download all artifacts
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: vectorlite-wheel-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ steps.short_sha.outputs.sha }}
           path: ./wheelhouse
 
       - name: Upload to test.pypi.org
@@ -122,4 +125,38 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.upload_wheel == 'pypi' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
         run: | 
           echo "Error: Uploading to pypi.org requires a tag"
-          exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
+          exit 1
+
+  publish_npm_pkgs:
+    name: Upload wheels
+    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.publish_npm == 'yes' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+    needs: build_wheels
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: benjlevesque/short-sha@v3.0
+        id: short_sha
+    
+      # Download all artifacts
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./wheelhouse
+
+      # extract vectorlite from wheels and copy to nodejs bindings directory
+      - name: unzip wheels
+        run: |
+        sh extract_wheels.sh
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
+        run:
+          cd bindings/nodejs
+          npm publish --workspaces
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9727cf4..5281674 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,4 +41,7 @@ vcpkg_installed/*
 *.pyc
 dist/*
 
-*egg-info
\ No newline at end of file
+*egg-info
+
+node_modules
+bindings/nodejs/vectorlite/package-lock.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52821f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "vectorlite-workspaces",
+  "workspaces": ["packages/vectorlite-win32-x64", "packages/vectorlite-linux-x64", "packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64", "packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64", "packages/vectorlite"]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/README.md b/bindings/nodejs/packages/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36f97c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This folder hosts nodejs bindings for vectorlite. `vectorlite.[so|dll|dylib]` is copied to their own platform dependent package folder. Please check ci.yml for details.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8f6bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "vectorlite-darwin-arm64",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "files": ["src"],
+  "author": "1yefuwang1@gmail.com",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "A fast and tunable vector search extension for SQLite",
+  "keywords": ["sqlite3", "vector database", "vectordb"],
+  "os": ["darwin"],
+  "cpu": ["arm64"]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64/src/index.js b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1cc5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
+function vectorlitePath() {
+    return path.join(__dirname, 'vectorlite');
+}
+
+exports.vectorlitePath = vectorlitePath;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd9dfaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "vectorlite-darwin-x64",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "files": ["src"],
+  "author": "1yefuwang1@gmail.com",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "A fast and tunable vector search extension for SQLite",
+  "keywords": ["sqlite3", "vector database", "vectordb"],
+  "os": ["darwin"],
+  "cpu": ["x64"]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64/src/index.js b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1cc5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
+function vectorlitePath() {
+    return path.join(__dirname, 'vectorlite');
+}
+
+exports.vectorlitePath = vectorlitePath;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-linux-x64/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-linux-x64/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1249be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-linux-x64/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "vectorlite-linux-x64",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "files": ["src"],
+  "author": "1yefuwang1@gmail.com",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "A fast and tunable vector search extension for SQLite",
+  "keywords": ["sqlite3", "vector database", "vectordb"],
+  "os": ["linux"],
+  "cpu": ["x64"]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-linux-x64/src/index.js b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-linux-x64/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1cc5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-linux-x64/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
+function vectorlitePath() {
+    return path.join(__dirname, 'vectorlite');
+}
+
+exports.vectorlitePath = vectorlitePath;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-win32-x64/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-win32-x64/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f109c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-win32-x64/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "vectorlite-win32-x64",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "files": ["src"],
+  "author": "1yefuwang1@gmail.com",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "A fast and tunable vector search extension for SQLite",
+  "keywords": ["sqlite3", "vector database", "vectordb"],
+  "os": ["win32"],
+  "cpu": ["x64"]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-win32-x64/src/index.js b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-win32-x64/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1cc5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-win32-x64/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
+function vectorlitePath() {
+    return path.join(__dirname, 'vectorlite');
+}
+
+exports.vectorlitePath = vectorlitePath;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/README.md b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09bc504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# `vectorlite` for nodejs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88ef686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "vectorlite",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "files": ["src"],
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node test/test.js"
+  },
+  "author": "1yefuwang1@gmail.com",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "A fast and tunable vector search extension for SQLite",
+  "keywords": ["sqlite3", "vector database", "vectordb"],
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "better-sqlite3": "^11.1.2"
+  },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "vectorlite-darwin-x64": "0.1.0",
+    "vectorlite-darwin-arm64": "0.1.0",
+    "vectorlite-linux-x64": "file://../vectorlite-linux-x64",
+    "vectorlite-win32-x64": "0.1.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/src/index.js b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9d0f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const os = require('os');
+
+const supportedPlatformsAndArchs = {
+    'darwin-x64': 'vectorlite-darwin-x64',
+    'darwin-arm64': 'vectorlite-darwin-arm64',
+    'linux-x64': 'vectorlite-linux-x64',
+    'win32-x64': 'vectorlite-win32-x64',
+};
+
+const platformAndArch = `${os.platform()}-${os.arch()}`;
+
+let vectorlitePathCache = undefined;
+
+// Returns path to the vectorlite shared library
+function vectorlitePath() {
+    if (vectorlitePathCache) {
+        return vectorlitePathCache;
+    }
+    const packageName = supportedPlatformsAndArchs[platformAndArch];
+    if (!packageName) {
+        throw new Error(`Platform ${platformAndArch} is not supported`);
+    }
+    const package = require(packageName);
+    vectorlitePathCache = package.vectorlitePath();
+    return vectorlitePathCache;
+}
+
+exports.vectorlitePath = vectorlitePath;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/test/test.js b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/test/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a213ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite/test/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const sqlite3 = require('better-sqlite3');
+const vectorlite = require('../src/index.js');
+
+const db = new sqlite3(':memory:');
+db.loadExtension(vectorlite.vectorlitePath());
+
+console.log(db.prepare('select vectorlite_info()').all());
+
+db.exec('create virtual table test using vectorlite(vec float32[10], hnsw(max_elements=100));')
+
+// insert a json vector
+db.prepare('insert into test(rowid, vec) values (?, vector_from_json(?))').run([0, JSON.stringify(Array.from({length: 10}, () => Math.random()))]);
+// insert a raw vector
+db.prepare('insert into test(rowid, vec) values (?, ?)').run([1, Buffer.from(Float32Array.from(Array.from({length: 10}, () => Math.random())).buffer)]);
+
+const result = db.run('select rowid from test where knn_search(vec, knn_param(?, 2))')
+    .all([Buffer.from(Float32Array.from(Array.from({length: 10}, () => Math.random())).buffer)]);
+
+console.log(result);
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diff --git a/extract_wheels.sh b/extract_wheels.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..496004f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extract_wheels.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+for wheel in dist/*.whl; do
+    unziped_dir=$wheel.unzipped
+    unzip $wheel -d $unziped_dir
+
+    case "$wheel" in
+        *linux*x86_64.whl)
+            cp $unziped_dir/vectorlite_py/vectorlite.so bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-linux-x64/src
+            ;;
+        *win*amd64.whl)
+            cp $unziped_dir/vectorlite_py/vectorlite.dll bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-win32-x64/src
+            ;;
+        *macosx*arm64.whl)
+            cp $unziped_dir/vectorlite_py/vectorlite.dylib bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-arm64/src
+            ;;
+        *macosx*x86_64.whl)
+            cp $unziped_dir/vectorlite_py/vectorlite.dylib bindings/nodejs/packages/vectorlite-darwin-x64/src
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown wheel type: $wheel"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac    
+done
+