VOSK not compatible with newer NodeJS Versions because of ffi-napi dependency
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I do have the issue that VOSK will only run in older NodeJS versions, since ffi-napi package seems to be incompatible with newer node versions 18.7^ .
This was tested on multiple windows 11 machines as well as within Debian Bookworm (Docker Dev Container)
Reproduce:
nvm install 18.7
nvm use 18.7
npm install vosk -> ERRORs
nvm install 18.4
nvm use 18.4
npm install vosk -> SUCCESS
nvm install 18.7
nvm use 18.7
npm install ffi-napi -> ERRORs
nvm install 18.4
nvm use 18.4
npm install ffi-napi -> SUCCESS
To isolate this: If I try to install ffi-napi without vosk in for example Node 18.7^ , I already get errors and ffi-napi can not be installed anymore. Since VOSK depends on ffi-napi, VOSK will fail to install on those versions.
Is there anyway to use a maintained dependency instead of ffi-napi? ffi-napi isn't maintained in years.
Would ffi-rs be an alternative to use here?
[2024-07-26T09_04_45_570Z-debug-0.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/16389403/2024-07-26T09_04_45_570Z-debug-0.log)
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