Hello! The recently announced Node 8 has a new experimental feature called N-API which is aimed at reducing maintenance cost for node native addons.

Check out this blog for more details on its benefits.

nodegit is one of the top 30 native modules by download dependency count, and in order to help the Node.js community make the important transition to N-API, we are hoping you will be able to work with us in order to port nodegit to support N-API. Your support and feedback is important in making this effort a success.
I am part of the N-API working group and would like to talk to you about how you can get started with N-API and how we can help. I'm available to talk on the phone individually if you'd like. Alternatively, if you prefer, feel free to jump in our WG meeting, which happens every Thursday at 1.30 Eastern/10.30 Pacific US time, to discuss any issues.

Here’s a video of N-API in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmXhJ88nZsk