The arrival of Deno, an alternative to the Node.js JavaScript runtime, has inspired open source developers to create Nest.land, a decentralized module registry for Deno that uses blockchain technology to store modules permanently.

With Nest.land, a distributed blockchain infrastructure is used to store the data, which is replicated “forever” via Arweave. Free to use, Nest.land has been production-ready for about two months.

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The developers behind Nest.land list the following benefits of the technology:

• Permanent and immutable
• Globally accessible
• Free
• Secure
• Works without Git
• Decentralized

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