diff --git a/compiler/forget/Cargo.lock b/compiler/forget/Cargo.lock
index bf6db67ba9..3070b1b752 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/Cargo.lock
+++ b/compiler/forget/Cargo.lock
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4682ae6287fcf752ecaabbfcc7b6f9b72aa33933dc23a554d853aea8eea8635"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -131,6 +137,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "convert_case"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec182b0ca2f35d8fc196cf3404988fd8b8c739a4d270ff118a398feb0cbec1ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ctor"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f34ba9a9bcb8645379e9de8cb3ecfcf4d1c85ba66d90deb3259206fa5aa193b"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encode_unicode"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -212,7 +237,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -256,6 +281,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "forget_napi"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "napi",
+ "napi-build",
+ "napi-derive",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "forget_optimization"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -484,6 +518,16 @@ name = "libcplusplus"
 version = "0.1.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/facebook/hermes.git#b2618410b4093e780a04228a2ce87a3626983506"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b67380fd3b2fbe7527a606e18729d21c6f3951633d0500574c4dc22d2d638b9f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -537,7 +581,7 @@ checksum = "4901771e1d44ddb37964565c654a3223ba41a594d02b8da471cc4464912b5cfa"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -549,6 +593,76 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "napi"
+version = "2.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd063c93b900149304e3ba96ce5bf210cd4f81ef5eb80ded0d100df3e85a3ac0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "ctor",
+ "napi-derive",
+ "napi-sys",
+ "once_cell",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "napi-build"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "882a73d9ef23e8dc2ebbffb6a6ae2ef467c0f18ac10711e4cc59c5485d41df0e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "napi-derive"
+version = "2.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da1c6a8fa84d549aa8708fcd062372bf8ec6e849de39016ab921067d21bde367"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "convert_case",
+ "napi-derive-backend",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "napi-derive-backend"
+version = "1.0.52"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "20bbc7c69168d06a848f925ec5f0e0997f98e8c8d4f2cc30157f0da51c009e17"
+dependencies = [
+ "convert_case",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "semver",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "napi-sys"
+version = "2.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "166b5ef52a3ab5575047a9fe8d4a030cdd0f63c96f071cd6907674453b07bae3"
+dependencies = [
+ "libloading",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.31.1"
@@ -576,6 +690,12 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b2a4787296e9989611394c33f193f676704af1686e70b8f8033ab5ba9a35a94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12cc1b0bf1727a77a54b6654e7b5f1af8604923edc8b81885f8ec92f9e3f0a05"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.10"
@@ -583,7 +703,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "92139198957b410250d43fad93e630d956499a625c527eda65175c8680f83387"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -642,7 +762,7 @@ version = "0.37.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8818fa822adcc98b18fedbb3632a6a33213c070556b5aa7c4c8cc21cff565c4c"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "errno",
  "io-lifetimes",
  "libc",
@@ -665,6 +785,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0293b4b29daaf487284529cc2f5675b8e57c61f70167ba415a463651fd6a918"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.167"
@@ -682,7 +808,7 @@ checksum = "b69b106b68bc8054f0e974e70d19984040f8a5cf9215ca82626ea4853f82c4b9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -755,6 +881,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "is-terminal",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.23"
@@ -804,7 +941,7 @@ checksum = "d14928354b01c4d6a4f0e549069adef399a284e7995c7ccca94e8a07a5346c59"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -822,6 +959,17 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio"
+version = "1.32.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17ed6077ed6cd6c74735e21f37eb16dc3935f96878b1fe961074089cc80893f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.13"
@@ -853,6 +1001,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.10"
diff --git a/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/Cargo.toml b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ad812ed18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[package]
+name = "forget_napi"
+version = "0.1.0"
+publish               = false
+authors.workspace     = true
+description.workspace = true
+edition.workspace     = true
+homepage.workspace    = true
+keywords.workspace    = true
+license.workspace     = true
+repository.workspace  = true
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+napi        = { version = "2.13.3", features = ["serde-json", "async"] }
+napi-derive = { version = "2.12" }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+napi-build = "2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/build.rs b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f1b01002b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    napi_build::setup();
+}
diff --git a/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/package.json b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81c27f37d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "name": "@react/forget-napi",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "description": "JavaScript package exposing parts of React Forget compiler APIs via napi",
+    "main": "dist/index.js",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "files": [
+      "src"
+    ],
+    "private": true,
+    "scripts": {
+      "build": "napi build --platform --release --js-package-name @react/forget-napi --js dist/index.js --dts dist/index.d.ts && mv *.node dist/"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+      "@napi-rs/cli": "^2.15.2"
+    }
+  }
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/src/lib.rs b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5e122fbf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use napi_derive::napi;
+
+#[napi]
+pub fn add(left: i32, right: i32) -> i32 {
+    left + right
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        let result = add(2, 2);
+        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/yarn.lock b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..248f23fac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/crates/forget_napi/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
+"@napi-rs/cli@^2.15.2":
+  version "2.16.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@napi-rs/cli/-/cli-2.16.3.tgz#6943d0614bbb4900a97b18ae074f735864f78c4b"
+  integrity sha512-3mLNPlbbOhpbIUKicLrJtIearlHXUuXL3UeueYyRRplpVMNkdn8xCyzY6PcYZi3JXR8bmCOiWgkVmLnrSL7DKw==