diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 709609e9..71c10c2a 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ rustflags = ["-C", "target-cpu=haswell", "-C", "target-feature=+avx2,+fma,+f16c"
 [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl]
 rustflags = ["-C", "target-cpu=haswell", "-C", "target-feature=-crt-static,+avx2,+fma,+f16c"]
 
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl]
+linker = "aarch64-linux-musl-gcc"
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=-crt-static"]
+
 [target.aarch64-apple-darwin]
 rustflags = ["-C", "target-cpu=apple-m1", "-C", "target-feature=+neon,+fp16,+fhm,+dotprod"]
 
@@ -44,4 +48,4 @@ rustflags = ["-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"]
 
 # Experimental target for Arm64 Windows
 [target.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
+rustflags = ["-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index aa69ae5b..1f9ecd62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -1,500 +1,29 @@
 name: NPM Publish
 
+env:
+  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: '10.13'
+  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: '0'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  id-token: write
+
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
     tags:
       - "v*"
+  pull_request:
+    # This should trigger a dry run (we skip the final publish step)
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  node:
-    name: vectordb Typescript
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash
-        working-directory: node
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          cache: "npm"
-          cache-dependency-path: node/package-lock.json
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
-      - name: Build
-        run: |
-          npm ci
-          npm run tsc
-          npm pack
-      - name: Upload Linux Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: node-package
-          path: |
-            node/vectordb-*.tgz
-
-  node-macos:
-    name: vectordb ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - arch: x86_64-apple-darwin
-            runner: macos-13
-          - arch: aarch64-apple-darwin
-            # xlarge is implicitly arm64.
-            runner: macos-14
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: brew install protobuf
-      - name: Install npm dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd node
-          npm ci
-      - name: Build MacOS native node modules
-        run: bash ci/build_macos_artifacts.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-      - name: Upload Darwin Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: node-native-darwin-${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-          path: |
-            node/dist/lancedb-vectordb-darwin*.tgz
-
-  nodejs-macos:
-    name: lancedb ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - arch: x86_64-apple-darwin
-            runner: macos-13
-          - arch: aarch64-apple-darwin
-            # xlarge is implicitly arm64.
-            runner: macos-14
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: brew install protobuf
-      - name: Install npm dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd nodejs
-          npm ci
-      - name: Build MacOS native nodejs modules
-        run: bash ci/build_macos_artifacts_nodejs.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-      - name: Upload Darwin Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: nodejs-native-darwin-${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-          path: |
-            nodejs/dist/*.node
-
-  node-linux-gnu:
-    name: vectordb (${{ matrix.config.arch}}-unknown-linux-gnu)
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - arch: x86_64
-            runner: ubuntu-latest
-          - arch: aarch64
-            # For successful fat LTO builds, we need a large runner to avoid OOM errors.
-            runner: warp-ubuntu-latest-arm64-4x
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # To avoid OOM errors on ARM, we create a swap file.
-      - name: Configure aarch64 build
-        if: ${{ matrix.config.arch == 'aarch64' }}
-        run: |
-          free -h
-          sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile
-          sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
-          sudo mkswap /swapfile
-          sudo swapon /swapfile
-          echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >> sudo /etc/fstab
-          # print info
-          swapon --show
-          free -h
-      - name: Build Linux Artifacts
-        run: |
-          bash ci/build_linux_artifacts.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }} ${{ matrix.config.arch }}-unknown-linux-gnu
-      - name: Upload Linux Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: node-native-linux-${{ matrix.config.arch }}-gnu
-          path: |
-            node/dist/lancedb-vectordb-linux*.tgz
-
-  nodejs-linux-gnu:
-    name: lancedb (${{ matrix.config.arch}}-unknown-linux-gnu
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - arch: x86_64
-            runner: ubuntu-latest
-          - arch: aarch64
-            # For successful fat LTO builds, we need a large runner to avoid OOM errors.
-            runner: buildjet-16vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # Buildjet aarch64 runners have only 1.5 GB RAM per core, vs 3.5 GB per core for
-      # x86_64 runners. To avoid OOM errors on ARM, we create a swap file.
-      - name: Configure aarch64 build
-        if: ${{ matrix.config.arch == 'aarch64' }}
-        run: |
-          free -h
-          sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile
-          sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
-          sudo mkswap /swapfile
-          sudo swapon /swapfile
-          echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >> sudo /etc/fstab
-          # print info
-          swapon --show
-          free -h
-      - name: Build Linux Artifacts
-        run: |
-          bash ci/build_linux_artifacts_nodejs.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-      - name: Upload Linux Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: nodejs-native-linux-${{ matrix.config.arch }}-gnu
-          path: |
-            nodejs/dist/*.node
-      # The generic files are the same in all distros so we just pick
-      # one to do the upload.
-      - name: Upload Generic Artifacts
-        if: ${{ matrix.config.arch == 'x86_64' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: nodejs-dist
-          path: |
-            nodejs/dist/*
-            !nodejs/dist/*.node
-
-  nodejs-linux-musl:
-    name: lancedb (${{ matrix.config.arch}}-unknown-linux-musl
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: alpine:edge
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - arch: x86_64
-          - arch: aarch64
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install common dependencies
-        run: |
-          apk add protobuf-dev curl clang mold grep npm bash
-          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.3 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rust-lang/rustup/refs/heads/master/rustup-init.sh | sh -s -- -y
-          echo "source $HOME/.cargo/env" >> saved_env
-          echo "export CC=clang" >> saved_env
-          echo "export RUSTFLAGS='-Ctarget-cpu=haswell -Ctarget-feature=-crt-static,+avx2,+fma,+f16c -Clinker=clang -Clink-arg=-fuse-ld=mold'" >> saved_env
-      - name: Configure aarch64 build
-        if: ${{ matrix.config.arch == 'aarch64' }}
-        run: |
-          source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
-          rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-          crt=$(realpath $(dirname $(rustup which rustc))/../lib/rustlib/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/lib/self-contained)
-          sysroot_lib=/usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/usr/lib
-          apk_url=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main/aarch64/
-          curl -sSf $apk_url > apk_list
-          for pkg in gcc libgcc musl; do curl -sSf $apk_url$(cat apk_list | grep -oP '(?<=")'$pkg'-\d.*?(?=")') | tar zxf -; done
-          mkdir -p $sysroot_lib
-          echo 'GROUP ( libgcc_s.so.1 -lgcc )' > $sysroot_lib/libgcc_s.so
-          cp usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 $sysroot_lib
-          cp usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-alpine-linux-musl/*/libgcc.a $sysroot_lib
-          cp lib/ld-musl-aarch64.so.1 $sysroot_lib/libc.so
-          echo '!<arch>' > $sysroot_lib/libdl.a
-          (cd $crt && cp crti.o crtbeginS.o crtendS.o crtn.o -t $sysroot_lib)
-          echo "export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET=aarch64-unknown-linux-musl" >> saved_env
-          echo "export RUSTFLAGS='-Ctarget-feature=-crt-static,+neon,+fp16,+fhm,+dotprod -Clinker=clang -Clink-arg=-fuse-ld=mold -Clink-arg=--target=aarch64-unknown-linux-musl -Clink-arg=--sysroot=/usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl -Clink-arg=-lc'" >> saved_env
-      - name: Build Linux Artifacts
-        run: |
-          source ./saved_env
-          bash ci/manylinux_node/build_lancedb.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-      - name: Upload Linux Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: nodejs-native-linux-${{ matrix.config.arch }}-musl
-          path: |
-            nodejs/dist/*.node
-
-  node-windows:
-    name: vectordb ${{ matrix.target }}
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        target: [x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Protoc v21.12
-        working-directory: C:\
-        run: |
-          New-Item -Path 'C:\protoc' -ItemType Directory
-          Set-Location C:\protoc
-          Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.12/protoc-21.12-win64.zip -OutFile C:\protoc\protoc.zip
-          7z x protoc.zip
-          Add-Content $env:GITHUB_PATH "C:\protoc\bin"
-        shell: powershell
-      - name: Install npm dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd node
-          npm ci
-      - name: Build Windows native node modules
-        run: .\ci\build_windows_artifacts.ps1 ${{ matrix.target }}
-      - name: Upload Windows Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: node-native-windows
-          path: |
-            node/dist/lancedb-vectordb-win32*.tgz
-
-  nodejs-windows:
-    name: lancedb ${{ matrix.target }}
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        target: [x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Protoc v21.12
-        working-directory: C:\
-        run: |
-          New-Item -Path 'C:\protoc' -ItemType Directory
-          Set-Location C:\protoc
-          Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.12/protoc-21.12-win64.zip -OutFile C:\protoc\protoc.zip
-          7z x protoc.zip
-          Add-Content $env:GITHUB_PATH "C:\protoc\bin"
-        shell: powershell
-      - name: Install npm dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd nodejs
-          npm ci
-      - name: Build Windows native node modules
-        run: .\ci\build_windows_artifacts_nodejs.ps1 ${{ matrix.target }}
-      - name: Upload Windows Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: nodejs-native-windows
-          path: |
-            nodejs/dist/*.node
-
-  nodejs-windows-arm64:
-    name: lancedb ${{ matrix.config.arch }}-pc-windows-msvc
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    # if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: alpine:edge
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          # - arch: x86_64
-          - arch: aarch64
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          apk add protobuf-dev curl clang lld llvm19 grep npm bash msitools sed
-          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.3 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rust-lang/rustup/refs/heads/master/rustup-init.sh | sh -s -- -y
-          echo "source $HOME/.cargo/env" >> saved_env
-          echo "export CC=clang" >> saved_env
-          echo "export AR=llvm-ar" >> saved_env
-          source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
-          rustup target add ${{ matrix.config.arch }}-pc-windows-msvc
-          (mkdir -p sysroot && cd sysroot && sh ../ci/sysroot-${{ matrix.config.arch }}-pc-windows-msvc.sh)
-          echo "export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/${{ matrix.config.arch }}-pc-windows-msvc/usr/include" >> saved_env
-          echo "export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET=${{ matrix.config.arch }}-pc-windows-msvc" >> saved_env
-          printf '#!/bin/sh\ncargo "$@"' > $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo-xwin
-          chmod u+x $HOME/.cargo/bin/cargo-xwin
-      - name: Configure x86_64 build
-        if: ${{ matrix.config.arch == 'x86_64' }}
-        run: |
-          echo "export RUSTFLAGS='-Ctarget-cpu=haswell -Ctarget-feature=+crt-static,+avx2,+fma,+f16c -Clinker=lld -Clink-arg=/LIBPATH:/usr/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/usr/lib'" >> saved_env
-      - name: Configure aarch64 build
-        if: ${{ matrix.config.arch == 'aarch64' }}
-        run: |
-          echo "export RUSTFLAGS='-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static,+neon,+fp16,+fhm,+dotprod -Clinker=lld -Clink-arg=/LIBPATH:/usr/aarch64-pc-windows-msvc/usr/lib -Clink-arg=arm64rt.lib'" >> saved_env
-      - name: Build Windows Artifacts
-        run: |
-          source ./saved_env
-          bash ci/manylinux_node/build_lancedb.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-      - name: Upload Windows Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: nodejs-native-windows-${{ matrix.config.arch }}
-          path: |
-            nodejs/dist/*.node
-
-  release:
-    name: vectordb NPM Publish
-    needs: [node, node-macos, node-linux-gnu, node-windows]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          pattern: node-*
-      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
-        run: ls -R
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-      - name: Publish to NPM
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Tag beta as "preview" instead of default "latest". See lancedb
-          # npm publish step for more info.
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*)-beta.* ]]; then
-            PUBLISH_ARGS="--tag preview"
-          fi
-
-          mv */*.tgz .
-          for filename in *.tgz; do
-            npm publish $PUBLISH_ARGS $filename
-          done
-      - name: Notify Slack Action
-        uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@2.3.0
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        with:
-          status: ${{ job.status }}
-          notify_when: "failure"
-          notification_title: "{workflow} is failing"
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.ACTION_MONITORING_SLACK }}
-
-  release-nodejs:
-    name: lancedb NPM Publish
-    needs: [nodejs-macos, nodejs-linux-gnu, nodejs-linux-musl, nodejs-windows, nodejs-windows-arm64]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash
-        working-directory: nodejs
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: nodejs-dist
-          path: nodejs/dist
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        name: Download arch-specific binaries
-        with:
-          pattern: nodejs-*
-          path: nodejs/nodejs-artifacts
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
-        run: find .
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-      - name: Install napi-rs
-        run: npm install -g @napi-rs/cli
-      - name: Prepare artifacts
-        run: npx napi artifacts -d nodejs-artifacts
-      - name: Display structure of staged files
-        run: find npm
-      - name: Publish to NPM
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
-        # By default, things are published to the latest tag. This is what is
-        # installed by default if the user does not specify a version. This is
-        # good for stable releases, but for pre-releases, we want to publish to
-        # the "preview" tag so they can install with `npm install lancedb@preview`.
-        # See: https://medium.com/@mbostock/prereleases-and-npm-e778fc5e2420
-        run: |
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*)-beta.* ]]; then
-            npm publish --access public --tag preview
-          else
-            npm publish --access public
-          fi
-      - name: Notify Slack Action
-        uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@2.3.0
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        with:
-          status: ${{ job.status }}
-          notify_when: "failure"
-          notification_title: "{workflow} is failing"
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.ACTION_MONITORING_SLACK }}
-
-  update-package-lock:
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    needs: [release]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-          token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          lfs: true
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/update_package_lock
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  update-package-lock-nodejs:
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    needs: [release-nodejs]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-          token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          lfs: true
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/update_package_lock_nodejs
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
   gh-release:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -561,3 +90,474 @@ jobs:
           generate_release_notes: false
           name: Node/Rust LanceDB v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}
           body: ${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.changelog }}
+
+  build-lancedb:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        settings:
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            host: macos-latest
+            features: ","
+            pre_build: |-
+                brew install protobuf
+                rustup target add x86_64-apple-darwin
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            host: macos-latest
+            features: fp16kernels
+            pre_build: brew install protobuf
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            host: windows-latest
+            features: ","
+            pre_build: |-
+              choco install --no-progress protoc ninja nasm
+              tail -n 1000 /c/ProgramData/chocolatey/logs/chocolatey.log
+              # There is an issue where choco doesn't add nasm to the path
+              export PATH="$PATH:/c/Program Files/NASM"
+              nasm -v
+          - target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+            host: windows-latest
+            features: ","
+            pre_build: |-
+                choco install --no-progress protoc
+                rustup target add aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            host: ubuntu-latest
+            features: fp16kernels
+            # https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/blob/main/debian.Dockerfile
+            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-debian
+            pre_build: |-
+              set -e &&
+              apt-get update &&
+              apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler pkg-config
+
+          # TODO: re-enable x64 musl builds. I could not figure out why, but it
+          # consistently made GHA runners non-responsive at the end of build. Example:
+          # https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/actions/runs/13980431071/job/39144319470?pr=2250
+
+          # - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+          #   # This one seems to need some extra memory
+          #   host: ubuntu-2404-8x-x64
+          #   # https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/blob/main/alpine.Dockerfile
+          #   docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-alpine
+          #   features: ","
+          #   pre_build: |-
+          #     set -e &&
+          #     apk add protobuf-dev curl &&
+          #     ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-alpine-linux-musl/14.2.0/crtbeginS.o /usr/lib/crtbeginS.o &&
+          #     ln -s /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so /usr/lib/libgcc.so
+
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            host: ubuntu-2404-8x-x64
+            # https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/blob/main/debian-aarch64.Dockerfile
+            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-debian-aarch64
+            # TODO: enable fp16kernels after https://github.com/lancedb/lance/pull/3559
+            features: ","
+            pre_build: |-
+              set -e &&
+              apt-get update &&
+              apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler pkg-config &&
+              # https://github.com/aws/aws-lc-rs/issues/737#issuecomment-2725918627
+              ln -s /usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.8.5/crtbeginS.o /usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr/lib/crtbeginS.o &&
+              ln -s /usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/gcc /usr/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr/lib/gcc &&
+              rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            host: ubuntu-2404-8x-x64
+            # https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/blob/main/alpine.Dockerfile
+            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-alpine
+            features: ","
+            pre_build: |-
+              set -e &&
+              apk add protobuf-dev &&
+              rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl &&
+              export CC="/aarch64-linux-musl-cross/bin/aarch64-linux-musl-gcc" &&
+              export CXX="/aarch64-linux-musl-cross/bin/aarch64-linux-musl-g++"
+    name: build - ${{ matrix.settings.target }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.settings.host }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: nodejs
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: nodejs/package-lock.json
+      - name: Install
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          targets: ${{ matrix.settings.target }}
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            .cargo-cache
+            target/
+          key: nodejs-${{ matrix.settings.target }}-cargo-${{ matrix.settings.host }}
+      - name: Setup toolchain
+        run: ${{ matrix.settings.setup }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.settings.setup }}
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Build in docker
+        uses: addnab/docker-run-action@v3
+        if: ${{ matrix.settings.docker }}
+        with:
+          image: ${{ matrix.settings.docker }}
+          options: "--user 0:0 -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo-cache/git/db:/usr/local/cargo/git/db \
+                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo/registry/cache:/usr/local/cargo/registry/cache \
+                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}/.cargo/registry/index:/usr/local/cargo/registry/index \
+                    -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/build -w /build/nodejs"
+          run: |
+            set -e
+            ${{ matrix.settings.pre_build }}
+            npx napi build --platform  --release --no-const-enum \
+              --features ${{ matrix.settings.features }} \
+              --target ${{ matrix.settings.target }} \
+              --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts \
+              --js ../lancedb/native.js \
+              --strip \
+              dist/
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          ${{ matrix.settings.pre_build }}
+          npx napi build --platform  --release --no-const-enum \
+              --features ${{ matrix.settings.features }} \
+              --target ${{ matrix.settings.target }} \
+              --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts \
+              --js ../lancedb/native.js \
+              --strip \
+              $EXTRA_ARGS \
+              dist/
+        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: lancedb-${{ matrix.settings.target }}
+          path: nodejs/dist/*.node
+          if-no-files-found: error
+      # The generic files are the same in all distros so we just pick
+      # one to do the upload.
+      - name: Make generic artifacts
+        if: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-apple-darwin' }}
+        run: npm run tsc
+      - name: Upload Generic Artifacts
+        if: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'aarch64-apple-darwin' }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nodejs-dist
+          path: |
+            nodejs/dist/*
+            !nodejs/dist/*.node
+  test-lancedb:
+    name: "Test: ${{ matrix.settings.target }} - node@${{ matrix.node }}"
+    needs:
+      - build-lancedb
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        settings:
+          # TODO: Get tests passing on Windows (failing from test tmpdir issue)
+          # - host: windows-latest
+          #   target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+          - host: macos-latest
+            target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            host: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            host: buildjet-16vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm
+        node:
+          - '20'
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.settings.host }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: nodejs
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: nodejs/package-lock.json
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: lancedb-${{ matrix.settings.target }}
+          path: nodejs/dist/
+          # For testing purposes:
+          # run-id: 13982782871
+          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token with actions:read permissions on target repo
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nodejs-dist
+          path: nodejs/dist
+          # For testing purposes:
+          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token with actions:read permissions on target repo
+          # run-id: 13982782871
+      - name: List packages
+        run: ls -R dist
+      - name: Move built files
+        run: cp dist/native.d.ts dist/native.js dist/*.node lancedb/
+      - name: Test bindings
+        run: npm test
+  publish:
+    name: Publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: nodejs
+    needs:
+      - test-lancedb
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: nodejs/package-lock.json
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nodejs-dist
+          path: nodejs/dist
+          # For testing purposes:
+          # run-id: 13982782871
+          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token with actions:read permissions on target repo
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        name: Download arch-specific binaries
+        with:
+          pattern: lancedb-*
+          path: nodejs/nodejs-artifacts
+          merge-multiple: true
+          # For testing purposes:
+          # run-id: 13982782871
+          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token with actions:read permissions on target repo
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        run: find dist && find nodejs-artifacts
+      - name: Move artifacts
+        run: npx napi artifacts -d nodejs-artifacts
+      - name: List packages
+        run: find npm
+      - name: Publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+          DRY_RUN: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
+        run: |
+          ARGS="--access public"
+          if [[ $DRY_RUN == "true" ]]; then
+            ARGS="$ARGS --dry-run"
+          fi
+          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*)-beta.* ]]; then
+            ARGS="$ARGS --tag preview"
+          fi
+          npm publish $ARGS
+
+
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # vectordb release (legacy)
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # TODO: delete this when we drop vectordb
+  node:
+    name: vectordb Typescript
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: node
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: "npm"
+          cache-dependency-path: node/package-lock.json
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+          npm run tsc
+          npm pack
+      - name: Upload Linux Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: node-package
+          path: |
+            node/vectordb-*.tgz
+
+  node-macos:
+    name: vectordb ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - arch: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            runner: macos-13
+          - arch: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            # xlarge is implicitly arm64.
+            runner: macos-14
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: brew install protobuf
+      - name: Install npm dependencies
+        run: |
+          cd node
+          npm ci
+      - name: Build MacOS native node modules
+        run: bash ci/build_macos_artifacts.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
+      - name: Upload Darwin Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: node-native-darwin-${{ matrix.config.arch }}
+          path: |
+            node/dist/lancedb-vectordb-darwin*.tgz
+
+  node-linux-gnu:
+    name: vectordb (${{ matrix.config.arch}}-unknown-linux-gnu)
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.runner }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - arch: x86_64
+            runner: ubuntu-latest
+          - arch: aarch64
+            # For successful fat LTO builds, we need a large runner to avoid OOM errors.
+            runner: warp-ubuntu-latest-arm64-4x
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # To avoid OOM errors on ARM, we create a swap file.
+      - name: Configure aarch64 build
+        if: ${{ matrix.config.arch == 'aarch64' }}
+        run: |
+          free -h
+          sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile
+          sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
+          sudo mkswap /swapfile
+          sudo swapon /swapfile
+          echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >> sudo /etc/fstab
+          # print info
+          swapon --show
+          free -h
+      - name: Build Linux Artifacts
+        run: |
+          bash ci/build_linux_artifacts.sh ${{ matrix.config.arch }} ${{ matrix.config.arch }}-unknown-linux-gnu
+      - name: Upload Linux Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: node-native-linux-${{ matrix.config.arch }}-gnu
+          path: |
+            node/dist/lancedb-vectordb-linux*.tgz
+
+  node-windows:
+    name: vectordb ${{ matrix.target }}
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        target: [x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Protoc v21.12
+        working-directory: C:\
+        run: |
+          New-Item -Path 'C:\protoc' -ItemType Directory
+          Set-Location C:\protoc
+          Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.12/protoc-21.12-win64.zip -OutFile C:\protoc\protoc.zip
+          7z x protoc.zip
+          Add-Content $env:GITHUB_PATH "C:\protoc\bin"
+        shell: powershell
+      - name: Install npm dependencies
+        run: |
+          cd node
+          npm ci
+      - name: Build Windows native node modules
+        run: .\ci\build_windows_artifacts.ps1 ${{ matrix.target }}
+      - name: Upload Windows Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: node-native-windows
+          path: |
+            node/dist/lancedb-vectordb-win32*.tgz
+
+  release:
+    name: vectordb NPM Publish
+    needs: [node, node-macos, node-linux-gnu, node-windows]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Only runs on tags that matches the make-release action
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: node-*
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        run: ls -R
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+      - name: Publish to NPM
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Tag beta as "preview" instead of default "latest". See lancedb
+          # npm publish step for more info.
+          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v(.*)-beta.* ]]; then
+            PUBLISH_ARGS="--tag preview"
+          fi
+
+          mv */*.tgz .
+          for filename in *.tgz; do
+            npm publish $PUBLISH_ARGS $filename
+          done
+      - name: Notify Slack Action
+        uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@2.3.0
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        with:
+          status: ${{ job.status }}
+          notify_when: "failure"
+          notification_title: "{workflow} is failing"
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.ACTION_MONITORING_SLACK }}
+
+  update-package-lock:
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    needs: [release]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          token: ${{ secrets.LANCEDB_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          lfs: true
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/update_package_lock
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 17658e3b..cbe92007 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "derive_builder",
  "futures",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "reqwest-eventsource",
  "secrecy",
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "instant",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -1168,9 +1168,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blake3"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b17679a8d69b6d7fd9cd9801a536cec9fa5e5970b69f9d4747f70b39b031f5e7"
+checksum = "675f87afced0413c9bb02843499dbbd3882a237645883f71a2b59644a6d2f753"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "arrayvec",
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "memmap2 0.9.5",
  "num-traits",
  "num_cpus",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rand_distr",
  "rayon",
  "safetensors",
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "candle-nn",
  "fancy-regex",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ef2b4b23cddf68b89b8f8069890e8c270d54e2d5fe1b143820234805e4cb17ef"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ version = "0.5.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0dc92fb57ca44df6db8059111ab3af99a63d5d0f8375d9972e319a379c6bab76"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "object_store",
  "parking_lot",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "regex",
  "sqlparser 0.53.0",
  "tempfile",
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "object_store",
  "parking_lot",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "tempfile",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "log",
  "md-5",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "regex",
  "sha2",
  "unicode-segmentation",
@@ -2261,9 +2261,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.3.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c9e6a11ca8224451684bc0d7d5a7adbf8f2fd6887261a1cfc3c0432f9d4068e"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
 dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
  "serde",
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
  "group",
  "pkcs8",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "sec1",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d013fc25338cc558c5c2cfbad646908fb23591e2404481826742b651c9af7160"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -2675,7 +2675,7 @@ name = "fsst"
 version = "0.25.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/lancedb/lance.git?tag=v0.25.0-beta.5#f02095ddb4a57f15769e028919f343e38866d155"
 dependencies = [
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2935,16 +2935,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73fea8450eea4bac3940448fb7ae50d91f034f941199fcd9d909a5a07aa455f0"
+checksum = "43a49c392881ce6d5c3b8cb70f98717b7c07aabbdff06687b9030dbfbe2725f8"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "js-sys",
  "libc",
- "r-efi",
- "wasi 0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4",
- "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasi 0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2966,7 +2964,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5dfbfb3a6cfbd390d5c9564ab283a0349b9b9fcd46a706c1eb10e0db70bfbac7"
 dependencies = [
  "ff",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -3018,7 +3016,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "crunchy",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rand_distr",
 ]
 
@@ -3087,7 +3085,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "num_cpus",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3695,7 +3693,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "roaring",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3723,7 +3721,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "half",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3752,7 +3750,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "object_store",
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "roaring",
  "serde_json",
  "snafu",
@@ -3821,7 +3819,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "prost-types",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "seq-macro",
  "snafu",
  "tokio",
@@ -3904,7 +3902,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "object_store",
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "roaring",
  "serde",
@@ -3948,7 +3946,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "path_abs",
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "shellexpand",
  "snafu",
  "tokio",
@@ -3974,7 +3972,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -4008,7 +4006,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "prost-types",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rangemap",
  "roaring",
  "serde",
@@ -4029,7 +4027,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrow-schema",
  "lance-arrow",
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4085,7 +4083,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "polars",
  "polars-arrow",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "random_word",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
@@ -4886,7 +4884,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
  "quick-xml",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "ring",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.2.0",
@@ -5087,7 +5085,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c80231409c20246a13fddb31776fb942c38553c51e871f8cbd687a4cfb5843d"
 dependencies = [
  "phf_shared",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5259,7 +5257,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "polars-error",
  "polars-row",
  "polars-utils",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rand_distr",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
@@ -5458,7 +5456,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "polars-error",
  "polars-lazy",
  "polars-plan",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlparser 0.39.0",
@@ -5736,12 +5734,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn"
-version = "0.11.7"
+version = "0.11.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3bd15a6f2967aef83887dcb9fec0014580467e33720d073560cf015a5683012"
+checksum = "62e96808277ec6f97351a2380e6c25114bc9e67037775464979f3037c92d05ef"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "cfg_aliases",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn-proto",
  "quinn-udp",
@@ -5751,18 +5748,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "web-time",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn-proto"
-version = "0.11.10"
+version = "0.11.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b820744eb4dc9b57a3398183639c511b5a26d2ed702cedd3febaa1393caa22cc"
+checksum = "a2fe5ef3495d7d2e377ff17b1a8ce2ee2ec2a18cde8b6ad6619d65d0701c135d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "getrandom 0.3.2",
- "rand 0.9.0",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "rand",
  "ring",
  "rustc-hash 2.1.1",
  "rustls 0.23.25",
@@ -5797,12 +5793,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "r-efi"
-version = "5.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "radium"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -5816,19 +5806,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
- "zerocopy 0.8.23",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5838,17 +5817,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5860,15 +5829,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99d9a13982dcf210057a8a78572b2217b667c3beacbf3a0d8b454f6f82837d38"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.3.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_distr"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -5876,7 +5836,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32cb0b9bc82b0a0876c2dd994a7e7a2683d3e7390ca40e6886785ef0c7e3ee31"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5889,7 +5849,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "brotli",
  "once_cell",
  "paste",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "unicase",
 ]
 
@@ -6052,9 +6012,9 @@ checksum = "ba39f3699c378cd8970968dcbff9c43159ea4cfbd88d43c00b22f2ef10a435d2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.15"
+version = "0.12.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d19c46a6fdd48bc4dab94b6103fccc55d34c67cc0ad04653aad4ea2a07cd7bbb"
+checksum = "989e327e510263980e231de548a33e63d34962d29ae61b467389a1a09627a254"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compression",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -6234,9 +6194,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e56a18552996ac8d29ecc3b190b4fdbb2d91ca4ec396de7bbffaf43f3d637e96"
+checksum = "f7178faa4b75a30e269c71e61c353ce2748cf3d76f0c44c393f4e60abf49b825"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "errno",
@@ -6640,7 +6600,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74233d3b3b2f6d4b006dc19dee745e73e2a6bfb6f93607cd3b02bd5b00797d7c"
 dependencies = [
  "digest",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6792,9 +6752,9 @@ checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stacker"
-version = "0.1.20"
+version = "0.1.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "601f9201feb9b09c00266478bf459952b9ef9a6b94edb2f21eba14ab681a60a9"
+checksum = "d9156ebd5870ef293bfb43f91c7a74528d363ec0d424afe24160ed5a4343d08a"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -7136,14 +7096,14 @@ checksum = "61c41af27dd6d1e27b1b16b489db798443478cef1f06a660c96db617ba5de3b1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.19.1"
+version = "3.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7437ac7763b9b123ccf33c338a5cc1bac6f69b45a136c19bdd8a65e3916435bf"
+checksum = "488960f40a3fd53d72c2a29a58722561dee8afdd175bd88e3db4677d7b2ba600"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.2",
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
  "once_cell",
- "rustix 1.0.3",
+ "rustix 1.0.2",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
@@ -7199,9 +7159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.3.40"
+version = "0.3.39"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d9c75b47bdff86fa3334a3db91356b8d7d86a9b839dab7d0bdc5c3d3a077618"
+checksum = "dad298b01a40a23aac4580b67e3dbedb7cc8402f3592d7f49469de2ea4aecdd8"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa",
@@ -7214,15 +7174,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-core"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9e9a38711f559d9e3ce1cdb06dd7c5b8ea546bc90052da6d06bb76da74bb07c"
+checksum = "765c97a5b985b7c11d7bc27fa927dc4fe6af3a6dfb021d28deb60d3bf51e76ef"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.21"
+version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "29aa485584182073ed57fd5004aa09c371f021325014694e432313345865fd04"
+checksum = "e8093bc3e81c3bc5f7879de09619d06c9a5a5e45ca44dfeeb7225bae38005c5c"
 dependencies = [
  "num-conv",
  "time-core",
@@ -7280,7 +7240,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "monostate",
  "onig",
  "paste",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rayon",
  "rayon-cond",
  "regex",
@@ -7619,7 +7579,7 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "458f7a779bf54acc9f347480ac654f68407d3aab21269a6e3c9f922acd9e2da9"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.3.2",
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -7668,9 +7628,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
-version = "0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4"
+version = "0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9683f9a5a998d873c0d21fcbe3c083009670149a8fab228644b8bd36b2c48cb3"
+checksum = "26816d2e1a4a36a2940b96c5296ce403917633dff8f3440e9b236ed6f6bacad2"
 dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rt",
 ]
@@ -7897,9 +7857,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76840935b766e1b0a05c0066835fb9ec80071d4c09a16f6bd5f7e655e3c14c38"
+checksum = "6dccfd733ce2b1753b03b6d3c65edf020262ea35e20ccdf3e288043e6dd620e3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-registry"
@@ -7907,7 +7867,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4286ad90ddb45071efd1a66dfa43eb02dd0dfbae1545ad6cc3c51cf34d7e8ba3"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-result 0.3.2",
+ "windows-result 0.3.1",
  "windows-strings 0.3.1",
  "windows-targets 0.53.0",
 ]
@@ -7923,9 +7883,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-result"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c64fd11a4fd95df68efcfee5f44a294fe71b8bc6a91993e2791938abcc712252"
+checksum = "06374efe858fab7e4f881500e6e86ec8bc28f9462c47e5a9941a0142ad86b189"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
@@ -8238,9 +8198,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
-version = "0.39.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f42320e61fe2cfd34354ecb597f86f413484a798ba44a8ca1165c58d42da6c1"
+checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
 ]
diff --git a/ci/build_linux_artifacts_nodejs.sh b/ci/build_linux_artifacts_nodejs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e47f5365..00000000
--- a/ci/build_linux_artifacts_nodejs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-ARCH=${1:-x86_64}
-
-# We pass down the current user so that when we later mount the local files
-# into the container, the files are accessible by the current user.
-pushd ci/manylinux_node
-docker build \
-    -t lancedb-node-manylinux-$ARCH \
-    --build-arg="ARCH=$ARCH" \
-    --build-arg="DOCKER_USER=$(id -u)" \
-    --progress=plain \
-    .
-popd
-
-# We turn on memory swap to avoid OOM killer
-docker run \
-    -v $(pwd):/io -w /io \
-    --memory-swap=-1 \
-    lancedb-node-manylinux-$ARCH \
-    bash ci/manylinux_node/build_lancedb.sh $ARCH
diff --git a/ci/build_macos_artifacts_nodejs.sh b/ci/build_macos_artifacts_nodejs.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 8deb2834..00000000
--- a/ci/build_macos_artifacts_nodejs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Builds the macOS artifacts (nodejs binaries).
-# Usage: ./ci/build_macos_artifacts_nodejs.sh [target]
-# Targets supported: x86_64-apple-darwin aarch64-apple-darwin
-set -e
-
-prebuild_rust() {
-    # Building here for the sake of easier debugging.
-    pushd rust/lancedb
-    echo "Building rust library for $1"
-    export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
-    cargo build --release --target $1
-    popd
-}
-
-build_node_binaries() {
-    pushd nodejs
-    echo "Building nodejs library for $1"
-    export RUST_TARGET=$1
-    npm run build-release
-    popd
-}
-
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-    targets=$1
-else
-    targets="x86_64-apple-darwin aarch64-apple-darwin"
-fi
-
-echo "Building artifacts for targets: $targets"
-for target in $targets
-    do
-    prebuild_rust $target
-    build_node_binaries $target
-done
diff --git a/ci/manylinux_node/Dockerfile b/ci/manylinux_node/Dockerfile
index b96231b9..1d06d4f6 100644
--- a/ci/manylinux_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/manylinux_node/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Many linux dockerfile with Rust, Node, and Lance dependencies installed.
-# This container allows building the node modules native libraries in an 
+# This container allows building the node modules native libraries in an
 # environment with a very old glibc, so that we are compatible with a wide
 # range of linux distributions.
 ARG ARCH=x86_64
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ FROM quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_${ARCH}
 ARG ARCH=x86_64
 ARG DOCKER_USER=default_user
 
-# Install static openssl
-COPY install_openssl.sh install_openssl.sh
-RUN ./install_openssl.sh ${ARCH} > /dev/null
-
 # Protobuf is also installed as root.
 COPY install_protobuf.sh install_protobuf.sh
 RUN ./install_protobuf.sh ${ARCH}
@@ -21,7 +17,7 @@ ENV DOCKER_USER=${DOCKER_USER}
 # Create a group and user, but only if it doesn't exist
 RUN echo ${ARCH} && id -u ${DOCKER_USER} >/dev/null 2>&1 || adduser --user-group --create-home --uid ${DOCKER_USER} build_user
 
-# We switch to the user to install Rust and Node, since those like to be 
+# We switch to the user to install Rust and Node, since those like to be
 # installed at the user level.
 USER ${DOCKER_USER}
 
diff --git a/ci/manylinux_node/build_lancedb.sh b/ci/manylinux_node/build_lancedb.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 597319c4..00000000
--- a/ci/manylinux_node/build_lancedb.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Builds the nodejs module for manylinux. Invoked by ci/build_linux_artifacts_nodejs.sh.
-set -e
-ARCH=${1:-x86_64}
-
-if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-    export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/lib64/
-else
-    export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/lib/
-fi
-export OPENSSL_STATIC=1
-export OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/openssl
-
-#Alpine doesn't have .bashrc
-FILE=$HOME/.bashrc && test -f $FILE && source $FILE
-
-cd nodejs
-npm ci
-npm run build-release
diff --git a/ci/manylinux_node/build_vectordb.sh b/ci/manylinux_node/build_vectordb.sh
index e5b81e89..8d703816 100755
--- a/ci/manylinux_node/build_vectordb.sh
+++ b/ci/manylinux_node/build_vectordb.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@ set -e
 ARCH=${1:-x86_64}
 TARGET_TRIPLE=${2:-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-    export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/lib64/
-else
-    export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/lib/
-fi
-export OPENSSL_STATIC=1
-export OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/openssl
-
 #Alpine doesn't have .bashrc
 FILE=$HOME/.bashrc && test -f $FILE && source $FILE
 
diff --git a/ci/manylinux_node/install_openssl.sh b/ci/manylinux_node/install_openssl.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 87822316..00000000
--- a/ci/manylinux_node/install_openssl.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Builds openssl from source so we can statically link to it
-
-# this is to avoid the error we get with the system installation:
-# /usr/bin/ld: <library>: version node not found for symbol SSLeay@@OPENSSL_1.0.1
-# /usr/bin/ld: failed to set dynamic section sizes: Bad value
-set -e
-
-git clone -b OpenSSL_1_1_1v \
-    --single-branch \
-    https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
-
-pushd openssl
-
-if [[ $1 == x86_64* ]]; then
-    ARCH=linux-x86_64
-else
-    # gnu target
-    ARCH=linux-aarch64
-fi
-
-./Configure no-shared $ARCH
-
-make
-
-make install
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/src/js/README.md b/docs/src/js/README.md
index 2728d523..91f61526 100644
--- a/docs/src/js/README.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/README.md
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ npm install @lancedb/lancedb
 This will download the appropriate native library for your platform. We currently
 support:
 
-- Linux (x86_64 and aarch64)
+- Linux (x86_64 and aarch64 on glibc and musl)
 - MacOS (Intel and ARM/M1/M2)
-- Windows (x86_64 only)
-
-We do not yet support musl-based Linux (such as Alpine Linux) or aarch64 Windows.
+- Windows (x86_64 and aarch64)
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/nodejs/.npmignore b/nodejs/.npmignore
index 2d0d1d82..41f6643a 100644
--- a/nodejs/.npmignore
+++ b/nodejs/.npmignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ build.rs
 jest.config.js
 tsconfig.json
 typedoc.json
+typedoc_post_process.js
diff --git a/nodejs/Cargo.toml b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
index e7400fc9..7960e01b 100644
--- a/nodejs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ arrow-array.workspace = true
 arrow-schema.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
-lancedb = { path = "../rust/lancedb", features = ["remote"] }
+lancedb = { path = "../rust/lancedb" }
 napi = { version = "2.16.8", default-features = false, features = [
     "napi9",
     "async"
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@ log.workspace = true
 
 [build-dependencies]
 napi-build = "2.1"
+
+[features]
+default = ["remote"]
+fp16kernels = ["lancedb/fp16kernels"]
+remote = ["lancedb/remote"]
diff --git a/nodejs/README.md b/nodejs/README.md
index 4446855d..15df64c0 100644
--- a/nodejs/README.md
+++ b/nodejs/README.md
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ npm install @lancedb/lancedb
 This will download the appropriate native library for your platform. We currently
 support:
 
-- Linux (x86_64 and aarch64)
+- Linux (x86_64 and aarch64 on glibc and musl)
 - MacOS (Intel and ARM/M1/M2)
-- Windows (x86_64 only)
-
-We do not yet support musl-based Linux (such as Alpine Linux) or aarch64 Windows.
+- Windows (x86_64 and aarch64)
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/nodejs/package.json b/nodejs/package.json
index 70c01881..26e96708 100644
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
         "aarch64-apple-darwin",
         "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
         "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-        "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
         "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl",
         "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
         "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc"
@@ -74,8 +73,10 @@
     "artifacts": "napi artifacts",
     "build:debug": "napi build --platform --no-const-enum --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts --js ../lancedb/native.js lancedb",
     "build:release": "napi build --platform --no-const-enum --release --dts ../lancedb/native.d.ts --js ../lancedb/native.js dist/",
-    "build": "npm run build:debug && tsc -b && shx cp lancedb/native.d.ts dist/native.d.ts && shx cp lancedb/*.node dist/",
-    "build-release": "npm run build:release && tsc -b && shx cp lancedb/native.d.ts dist/native.d.ts",
+    "build": "npm run build:debug && npm run tsc && shx cp lancedb/*.node dist/",
+    "build-release": "npm run build:release && npm run tsc",
+    "tsc": "tsc -b",
+    "posttsc": "shx cp lancedb/native.d.ts dist/native.d.ts",
     "lint-ci": "biome ci .",
     "docs": "typedoc --plugin typedoc-plugin-markdown --treatWarningsAsErrors --out ../docs/src/js lancedb/index.ts",
     "postdocs": "node typedoc_post_process.js",