diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cd80114f9371f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[build]
+target-dir = 'build/target'
+
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl]
+rustflags = [
+    "-C",
+    "target-feature=-crt-static",
+]
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl]
+linker = "aarch64-linux-musl-gcc"
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=-crt-static"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index efa17f2ab5a27..29acc302240cd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version: 2.1
 orbs:
   nx: nrwl/nx@1.6.1
   node: circleci/node@5.0.2
+  rust: circleci/rust@1.6.0
   browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.4.0
 
 # -------------------------
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ executors:
   linux:
     <<: *defaults
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:lts-browsers
+      - image: cimg/rust:1.66.1-browsers
     resource_class: medium+
 
   macos:
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "export NX_RUN_GROUP=\"run-group-macos-$CIRCLE_WORKFLOW_ID\";" >> $BASH_ENV
       - setup:
           os: macos
+      - rust/install
       - run:
           name: Run E2E Tests for macOS
           # FIXME: remove --exclude=e2e-detox once we have a fix for the detox tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e049331bd0328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+name: publish
+env:
+  DEBUG: napi:*
+  NX_RUN_GROUP: ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip ci')"
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        settings:
+          - host: macos-latest
+            target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            build: |
+              yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=x86_64-apple-darwin
+          - host: windows-latest
+            build: yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+          # Windows 32bit (not needed)
+          # - host: windows-latest
+          #   build: |
+          #     yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=i686-pc-windows-msvc
+          #   target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
+          - host: ubuntu-latest
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-debian
+            build: |-
+              set -e &&
+              yarn --version &&
+              yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - host: ubuntu-latest
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-alpine
+            build: set -e && yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+          - host: macos-latest
+            target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            build: |
+              sudo rm -Rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/*;
+              export CC=$(xcrun -f clang);
+              export CXX=$(xcrun -f clang++);
+              SYSROOT=$(xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path);
+              export CFLAGS="-isysroot $SYSROOT -isystem $SYSROOT";
+              yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=aarch64-apple-darwin
+          - host: ubuntu-latest
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-debian-aarch64
+            build: |-
+              set -e &&
+              yarn --version &&
+              yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - host: ubuntu-latest
+            target: armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+            setup: |
+              sudo apt-get update
+              sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf -y
+            build: |
+              yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+          # Android (not needed)
+          # - host: ubuntu-latest
+          #   target: aarch64-linux-android
+          #   build: |
+          #     yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=aarch64-linux-android
+          # - host: ubuntu-latest
+          #   target: armv7-linux-androideabi
+          #   build: |
+          #     yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=armv7-linux-androideabi
+          - host: ubuntu-latest
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            docker: ghcr.io/napi-rs/napi-rs/nodejs-rust:lts-alpine
+            build: |-
+              set -e &&
+              rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-musl &&
+              yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+          - host: windows-latest
+            target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+            build: yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+    name: stable - ${{ matrix.settings.target }} - node@18
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.settings.host }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          check-latest: true
+          cache: yarn
+      - name: Install
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
+        with:
+          targets: ${{ matrix.settings.target }}
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            .cargo-cache
+            target/
+          key: ${{ matrix.settings.target }}-cargo-registry
+      - uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v2
+        if: ${{ matrix.settings.target == 'armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf' }}
+        with:
+          version: 0.10.0
+      - name: Setup toolchain
+        run: ${{ matrix.settings.setup }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.settings.setup }}
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Setup node x86
+        if: matrix.settings.target == 'i686-pc-windows-msvc'
+        run: yarn config set supportedArchitectures.cpu "ia32"
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+      - name: Setup node x86
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        if: matrix.settings.target == 'i686-pc-windows-msvc'
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          check-latest: true
+          cache: yarn
+          architecture: x86
+      - 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
+          run: ${{ matrix.settings.build }}
+      - name: Build
+        run: ${{ matrix.settings.build }}
+        if: ${{ !matrix.settings.docker }}
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: bindings-${{ matrix.settings.target }}
+          path: packages/**/*.node
+          if-no-files-found: error
+#  build-freebsd:
+#    runs-on: macos-12
+#    name: Build FreeBSD
+#    steps:
+#      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#      - name: Build
+#        id: build
+#        uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@v0
+#        env:
+#          DEBUG: napi:*
+#          RUSTUP_HOME: /usr/local/rustup
+#          CARGO_HOME: /usr/local/cargo
+#          RUSTUP_IO_THREADS: 1
+#        with:
+#          envs: DEBUG RUSTUP_HOME CARGO_HOME RUSTUP_IO_THREADS
+#          usesh: true
+#          mem: 3000
+#          prepare: |
+#            pkg install -y -f curl node libnghttp2
+#            curl -qL https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh
+#            npm install --location=global --ignore-scripts yarn
+#            curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf --output rustup.sh
+#            sh rustup.sh -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain stable
+#            export PATH="/usr/local/cargo/bin:$PATH"
+#            echo "~~~~ rustc --version ~~~~"
+#            rustc --version
+#            echo "~~~~ node -v ~~~~"
+#            node -v
+#            echo "~~~~ yarn --version ~~~~"
+#            yarn --version
+#          run: |
+#            export PATH="/usr/local/cargo/bin:$PATH"
+#            pwd
+#            ls -lah
+#            whoami
+#            env
+#            freebsd-version
+#            yarn install
+#            yarn nx -- run-many --target=build-native -- --target=x86_64-unknown-freebsd
+#            strip -x packages/*/*.node
+#            rm -rf node_modules
+#            rm -rf target
+#            rm -rf .yarn/cache
+#      - name: Upload artifact
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#        with:
+#          name: bindings-freebsd
+#          path: packages/*/*.node
+#          if-no-files-found: error
+  publish:
+    name: Publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      # - build-freebsd
+      - build
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          check-latest: true
+          cache: yarn
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+      - name: List artifacts
+        run: ls -R artifacts
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Publish
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b publish/$GITHUB_REF_NAME
+          npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN
+          yarn nx-release --local=false $GITHUB_REF_NAME
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7772e9a465204..1ff4fe39b7fd1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ CHANGELOG.md
 
 # Local dev files
 .env
+
+*.node
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 0b9b14122ae3f..631cbfd4bcce9 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ packages/react/src/schematics/**/files/**/*.json
 packages/jest/src/schematics/**/files/**/*.json
 packages/**/schematics/**/files/**/*.html
 packages/**/generators/**/files/**/*.html
+packages/nx/src/native/
 nx-dev/nx-dev/.next/
 nx-dev/nx-dev/public/documentation
 graph/client/src/assets/environment.js
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 25bd3b19feb08..5e55a4e9a1165 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Source code and documentation are included in the top-level folders listed below
 
 ## Building the Project
 
+> Nx uses Rust to build native bindings for Node. Please make sure that you have Rust installed via [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs)
+
 After cloning the project to your machine, to install the dependencies, run:
 
 ```bash
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8814625787449
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+checksum = "72f883590242d3c6fc5bf50299011695fa6590c2c70eac95ee1bdb9a733ad1a2"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "predicates-tree"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54ff541861505aabf6ea722d2131ee980b8276e10a1297b94e896dd8b621850d"
+dependencies = [
+ "predicates-core",
+ "termtree",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.49"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57a8eca9f9c4ffde41714334dee777596264c7825420f521abc92b5b5deb63a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8856d8364d252a14d474036ea1358d63c9e6965c8e5c1885c18f73d70bff9c7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e076559ef8e241f2ae3479e36f97bd5741c0330689e217ad51ce2c76808b868a"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "remove_dir_all"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3acd125665422973a33ac9d3dd2df85edad0f4ae9b00dafb1a05e43a9f5ef8e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.152"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb7d1f0d3021d347a83e556fc4683dea2ea09d87bccdf88ff5c12545d89d5efb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.107"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f4064b5b16e03ae50984a5a8ed5d4f8803e6bc1fd170a3cda91a1be4b18e3f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cdb1ef4eaeeaddc8fbd371e5017057064af0911902ef36b39801f67cc6d79e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "remove_dir_all",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "termtree"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95059e91184749cb66be6dc994f67f182b6d897cb3df74a5bf66b5e709295fd8"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5516c27b78311c50bf42c071425c560ac799b11c30b31f87e3081965fe5e0180"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "84a22b9f218b40614adcb3f4ff08b703773ad44fa9423e4e0d346d5db86e4ebc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fdbf052a0783de01e944a6ce7a8cb939e295b1e7be835a1112c3b9a7f047a5a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "808cf2735cd4b6866113f648b791c6adc5714537bc222d9347bb203386ffda56"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xxhash-rust"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "735a71d46c4d68d71d4b24d03fdc2b98e38cea81730595801db779c04fe80d70"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8e4a982785ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+[workspace]
+members = ['packages/nx']
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index dd332ec1923c4..498bdf9d13912 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "packages": ["build/packages/*"],
+  "packages": ["build/packages/*", "build/packages/nx/native-packages/*"],
   "version": "15.7.0-beta.0",
   "granularPathspec": false,
-  "command": {
-    "publish": {
-      "graphType": "all"
-    }
-  }
+  "command": { "publish": { "graphType": "all" } }
 }
diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index 6bfec4a0a0c5e..d5ee3820d3163 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
           "lint-base",
           "lint",
           "build-base",
+          "build-native",
           "e2e",
           "test",
+          "test-native",
           "sitemap",
           "build-storybook"
         ],
@@ -39,15 +41,25 @@
       "!{projectRoot}/.storybook/**/*",
       "!{projectRoot}/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx|mdx)"
     ],
-    "sharedGlobals": ["{workspaceRoot}/babel.config.json"]
+    "sharedGlobals": ["{workspaceRoot}/babel.config.json"],
+    "native": [
+      "{projectRoot}/**/*.rs",
+      "{projectRoot}/**/Cargo.*",
+      {
+        "runtime": "node -p 'process.platform'"
+      }
+    ]
   },
   "targetDefaults": {
     "build": {
       "dependsOn": ["build-base"],
       "inputs": ["production", "^production"]
     },
+    "build-native": {
+      "inputs": ["native"]
+    },
     "build-base": {
-      "dependsOn": ["^build-base"],
+      "dependsOn": ["^build-base", "build-native"],
       "inputs": ["production", "^production"],
       "executor": "@nrwl/js:tsc",
       "options": {
@@ -58,7 +70,13 @@
       },
       "outputs": ["{options.outputPath}"]
     },
+    "test-native": {
+      "inputs": ["native"],
+      "executor": "@monodon/rust:test",
+      "options": {}
+    },
     "test": {
+      "dependsOn": ["test-native", "build-native", "^build-native"],
       "inputs": ["default", "^production", "{workspaceRoot}/jest.preset.js"],
       "executor": "@nrwl/jest:jest",
       "options": {
@@ -68,6 +86,7 @@
       "outputs": ["{workspaceRoot}/coverage/{projectRoot}"]
     },
     "lint": {
+      "dependsOn": ["build-native", "^build-native"],
       "inputs": [
         "default",
         "{workspaceRoot}/.eslintrc.json",
@@ -164,5 +183,6 @@
       "inputs": ["default", "^production", "{workspaceRoot}/.storybook/**/*"]
     }
   },
-  "defaultProject": "@nrwl/nx-source"
+  "defaultProject": "@nrwl/nx-source",
+  "plugins": ["@monodon/rust"]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e48dcfd9e549..f40f379cf8290 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     "submit-plugin": "node ./scripts/submit-plugin.js",
     "prepare": "is-ci || husky install",
     "echo": "echo 123458",
-    "root-lint": "nx workspace-lint"
+    "root-lint": "nx workspace-lint",
+    "preinstall": "node ./scripts/preinstall.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@angular-devkit/architect": "~0.1501.0",
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.15.0",
     "@cypress/react": "^6.0.0",
     "@floating-ui/react-dom": "^1.0.1",
+    "@monodon/rust": "0.4.4",
+    "@napi-rs/cli": "2.14.0",
     "@nestjs/cli": "^9.0.0",
     "@nestjs/common": "^9.0.0",
     "@nestjs/core": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts
index 1136d2e615158..97df03e46da8b 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-nx/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'nx/src/utils/testing/mock-fs';
+
 import type { FileData, ProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { DependencyType } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import * as parser from '@typescript-eslint/parser';
@@ -9,8 +11,6 @@ import enforceModuleBoundaries, {
 } from '../../src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries';
 import { createProjectRootMappings } from 'nx/src/project-graph/utils/find-project-for-path';
 
-jest.mock('fs', () => require('memfs').fs);
-
 jest.mock('@nrwl/devkit', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual<any>('@nrwl/devkit'),
   workspaceRoot: '/root',
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/update-package-json.spec.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/update-package-json.spec.ts
index 22eb3b7dbe3c1..12c19c083e438 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/update-package-json.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/package-json/update-package-json.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'nx/src/utils/testing/mock-fs';
+
 import {
   getUpdatedPackageJsonContent,
   updatePackageJson,
@@ -10,7 +12,6 @@ import { DependentBuildableProjectNode } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/bui
 jest.mock('nx/src/utils/workspace-root', () => ({
   workspaceRoot: '/root',
 }));
-jest.mock('fs', () => require('memfs').fs);
 
 describe('getUpdatedPackageJsonContent', () => {
   it('should update fields for commonjs only (default)', () => {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/utils/config.spec.ts b/packages/next/src/utils/config.spec.ts
index 6f509a5c8701f..79b9a20cfcc31 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/utils/config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/utils/config.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'nx/src/utils/testing/mock-fs';
 import { createWebpackConfig, prepareConfig } from './config';
 import { NextBuildBuilderOptions } from '@nrwl/next';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ jest.mock('next/dist/server/config', () => ({
     webpack: () => ({}),
   }),
 }));
-jest.mock('fs', () => require('memfs').fs);
 
 describe('Next.js webpack config builder', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/nx/.npmignore b/packages/nx/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d001f4a3f9d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+native-packages/
+/*.node
diff --git a/packages/nx/Cargo.toml b/packages/nx/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b94c12553843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = 'nx'
+version = '0.1.0'
+edition = '2021'
+
+[dependencies]
+xxhash-rust = { version = '0.8.5', features = ['xxh3', 'xxh64'] }
+napi = { version = '2.10.2', default-features = false, features = ['napi4'] }
+napi-derive = '2.9.3'
+ignore = '0.4'
+crossbeam-channel = '0.5'
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ['cdylib']
+
+[build-dependencies]
+napi-build = '2.0.1'
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+assert_fs = "1.0.10"
diff --git a/packages/nx/build.rs b/packages/nx/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9fc236788932b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern crate napi_build;
+
+fn main() {
+    napi_build::setup();
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-arm64/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-arm64/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1a9accd0fce8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-arm64/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-darwin-arm64`
+
+This is the **aarch64-apple-darwin** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-arm64/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-arm64/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b55c2fe758f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-darwin-arm64",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "darwin"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "arm64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.darwin-arm64.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.darwin-arm64.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-x64/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-x64/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb198003e67c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-x64/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-darwin-x64`
+
+This is the **x86_64-apple-darwin** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-x64/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-x64/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..869be007d3c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/darwin-x64/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-darwin-x64",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "darwin"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "x64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.darwin-x64.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.darwin-x64.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm-gnueabihf/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm-gnueabihf/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e9794594c131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm-gnueabihf/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-linux-arm-gnueabihf`
+
+This is the **armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm-gnueabihf/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm-gnueabihf/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..65079931d5664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm-gnueabihf/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-linux-arm-gnueabihf",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "linux"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "arm"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.linux-arm-gnueabihf.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.linux-arm-gnueabihf.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-gnu/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-gnu/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8d1887d7f27bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-gnu/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-linux-arm64-gnu`
+
+This is the **aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..44e7389e01564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-gnu",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "linux"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "arm64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.linux-arm64-gnu.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "libc": [
+    "glibc"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-musl/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-musl/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..31788ae4f6bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-musl/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-linux-arm64-musl`
+
+This is the **aarch64-unknown-linux-musl** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-musl/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..52a89dc3c2acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-musl",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "linux"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "arm64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.linux-arm64-musl.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.linux-arm64-musl.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "libc": [
+    "musl"
+  ],
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-gnu/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-gnu/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..889d3c5a567b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-gnu/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-linux-x64-gnu`
+
+This is the **x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-gnu/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2246bc062aad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-gnu",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "linux"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "x64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.linux-x64-gnu.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.linux-x64-gnu.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "libc": [
+    "glibc"
+  ],
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-musl/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-musl/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d007b0902f69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-musl/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-linux-x64-musl`
+
+This is the **x86_64-unknown-linux-musl** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-musl/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-musl/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cc240e3fb8119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/linux-x64-musl/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-musl",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "linux"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "x64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.linux-x64-musl.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.linux-x64-musl.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "libc": [
+    "musl"
+  ],
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-arm64-msvc/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-arm64-msvc/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a75b7bcf1f256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-arm64-msvc/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-win32-arm64-msvc`
+
+This is the **aarch64-pc-windows-msvc** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..29e791ee7b437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-win32-arm64-msvc",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "win32"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "arm64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.win32-arm64-msvc.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.win32-arm64-msvc.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-x64-msvc/README.md b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-x64-msvc/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bedb1b96bf4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-x64-msvc/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `nx-win32-x64-msvc`
+
+This is the **x86_64-pc-windows-msvc** binary for `@nrwl/nx`
diff --git a/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-x64-msvc/package.json b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..431b2db225636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/native-packages/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nrwl/nx-win32-x64-msvc",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "os": [
+    "win32"
+  ],
+  "cpu": [
+    "x64"
+  ],
+  "main": "nx.win32-x64-msvc.node",
+  "files": [
+    "nx.win32-x64-msvc.node"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/package.json b/packages/nx/package.json
index d0c9d683f0a40..2622ddd2749ae 100644
--- a/packages/nx/package.json
+++ b/packages/nx/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@
       "optional": true
     }
   },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "@nrwl/nx-win32-x64-msvc": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-darwin-x64": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-gnu": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-darwin-arm64": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-gnu": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-musl": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-win32-arm64-msvc": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-linux-arm-gnueabihf": "*",
+    "@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-musl": "*"
+  },
   "nx-migrations": {
     "migrations": "./migrations.json",
     "packageGroup": [
@@ -116,5 +127,21 @@
   "builders": "./executors.json",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
+  },
+  "napi": {
+    "name": "nx",
+    "package": {
+      "name": "@nrwl/nx"
+    },
+    "triples": {
+      "additional": [
+        "aarch64-apple-darwin",
+        "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+        "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl",
+        "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc",
+        "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
+        "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
+      ]
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nx/project.json b/packages/nx/project.json
index 30077e9e3e390..131d7e97fe1b9 100644
--- a/packages/nx/project.json
+++ b/packages/nx/project.json
@@ -5,11 +5,28 @@
   "projectType": "library",
   "implicitDependencies": ["graph-client"],
   "targets": {
+    "build-native": {
+      "outputs": ["{projectRoot}/src/native/*.node"],
+      "executor": "@monodon/rust:napi",
+      "options": {
+        "dist": "packages/nx/src/native",
+        "jsFile": "packages/nx/src/native/index.js",
+        "release": true
+      }
+    },
+    "artifacts": {
+      "command": "yarn napi artifacts -c build/packages/nx/package.json -d ./artifacts --dist build/packages/nx/native-packages"
+    },
     "build-base": {
       "executor": "@nrwl/js:tsc",
       "options": {
         "main": "packages/nx/bin/nx.ts",
         "assets": [
+          {
+            "input": "packages/nx",
+            "glob": ".npmignore",
+            "output": "/"
+          },
           {
             "input": "packages/nx",
             "glob": "**/files/**",
@@ -46,16 +63,16 @@
       }
     },
     "echo": {
-      "executor": "nx:command",
-      "options": {
-        "command": "echo hi"
-      }
+      "command": "echo hi"
     },
     "build": {
       "executor": "nx:run-commands",
       "outputs": ["{workspaceRoot}/build/packages/nx"],
       "options": {
         "commands": [
+          {
+            "command": "node ./scripts/copy-local-native.js nx"
+          },
           {
             "command": "node ./scripts/copy-graph-client.js"
           },
@@ -76,6 +93,7 @@
       }
     },
     "lint": {},
-    "test": {}
+    "test": {},
+    "test-native": {}
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/hasher/file-hasher.ts b/packages/nx/src/hasher/file-hasher.ts
index f84d548a4477d..c11b84cc4e162 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/hasher/file-hasher.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/hasher/file-hasher.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { FileHasherBase } from './file-hasher-base';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { NativeFileHasher } from './native-file-hasher';
 
 function createFileHasher(): FileHasherBase {
   // special case for unit tests
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ function createFileHasher(): FileHasherBase {
     return new NodeBasedFileHasher();
   }
   try {
+    if (process.env.NX_NATIVE_HASHER) {
+      return new NativeFileHasher();
+    }
+
     execSync('git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree', { stdio: 'ignore' });
     // we don't use git based hasher when the repo uses git submodules
     if (!existsSync(join(workspaceRoot, '.git', 'modules'))) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/hasher/native-file-hasher.ts b/packages/nx/src/hasher/native-file-hasher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5c9cffff07bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/hasher/native-file-hasher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { FileHasherBase } from './file-hasher-base';
+import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
+import { hashFile, hashFiles } from '../native';
+import { workspaceRoot } from '../utils/app-root';
+
+export class NativeFileHasher extends FileHasherBase {
+  async init(): Promise<void> {
+    performance.mark('init hashing:start');
+    this.clear();
+    const filesObject = hashFiles(workspaceRoot);
+    this.fileHashes = new Map(Object.entries(filesObject));
+
+    performance.mark('init hashing:end');
+    performance.measure(
+      'init hashing',
+      'init hashing:start',
+      'init hashing:end'
+    );
+  }
+
+  async hashFiles(files: string[]): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+    const r = new Map<string, string>();
+
+    for (let f of files) {
+      r.set(f, this.hashFile(f));
+    }
+
+    return r;
+  }
+
+  hashFile(path: string): string {
+    return hashFile(path).hash;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/lib.rs b/packages/nx/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..faac2c699cb48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// add all the napi macros globally
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate napi_derive;
+
+pub mod native;
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/index.d.ts b/packages/nx/src/native/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..03c8f33809c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* tslint:disable */
+/* eslint-disable */
+
+/* auto-generated by NAPI-RS */
+
+export interface FileData {
+  file: string
+  hash: string
+}
+export function hashFile(file: string): FileData | null
+export function hashFiles(workspaceRoot: string): Record<string, string>
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/index.js b/packages/nx/src/native/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cd11e59a88059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+const { existsSync, readFileSync } = require('fs')
+const { join } = require('path')
+
+const { platform, arch } = process
+
+let nativeBinding = null
+let localFileExisted = false
+let loadError = null
+
+function isMusl() {
+  // For Node 10
+  if (!process.report || typeof process.report.getReport !== 'function') {
+    try {
+      const lddPath = require('child_process').execSync('which ldd').toString().trim();
+      return readFileSync(lddPath, 'utf8').includes('musl')
+    } catch (e) {
+      return true
+    }
+  } else {
+    const { glibcVersionRuntime } = process.report.getReport().header
+    return !glibcVersionRuntime
+  }
+}
+
+switch (platform) {
+  case 'android':
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'arm64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'nx.android-arm64.node'))
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.android-arm64.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-android-arm64')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'nx.android-arm-eabi.node'))
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.android-arm-eabi.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-android-arm-eabi')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on Android ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  case 'win32':
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'x64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'nx.win32-x64-msvc.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.win32-x64-msvc.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-win32-x64-msvc')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'ia32':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'nx.win32-ia32-msvc.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.win32-ia32-msvc.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-win32-ia32-msvc')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'nx.win32-arm64-msvc.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.win32-arm64-msvc.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-win32-arm64-msvc')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on Windows: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  case 'darwin':
+    localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'nx.darwin-universal.node'))
+    try {
+      if (localFileExisted) {
+        nativeBinding = require('./nx.darwin-universal.node')
+      } else {
+        nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-darwin-universal')
+      }
+      break
+    } catch {}
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'x64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'nx.darwin-x64.node'))
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.darwin-x64.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-darwin-x64')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'nx.darwin-arm64.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.darwin-arm64.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-darwin-arm64')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on macOS: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  case 'freebsd':
+    if (arch !== 'x64') {
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on FreeBSD: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'nx.freebsd-x64.node'))
+    try {
+      if (localFileExisted) {
+        nativeBinding = require('./nx.freebsd-x64.node')
+      } else {
+        nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-freebsd-x64')
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      loadError = e
+    }
+    break
+  case 'linux':
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'x64':
+        if (isMusl()) {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'nx.linux-x64-musl.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./nx.linux-x64-musl.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-musl')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        } else {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'nx.linux-x64-gnu.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./nx.linux-x64-gnu.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-gnu')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm64':
+        if (isMusl()) {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'nx.linux-arm64-musl.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./nx.linux-arm64-musl.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-musl')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        } else {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'nx.linux-arm64-gnu.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./nx.linux-arm64-gnu.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-gnu')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'nx.linux-arm-gnueabihf.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./nx.linux-arm-gnueabihf.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('@nrwl/nx-linux-arm-gnueabihf')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on Linux: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  default:
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported OS: ${platform}, architecture: ${arch}`)
+}
+
+if (!nativeBinding) {
+  if (loadError) {
+    throw loadError
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Failed to load native binding`)
+}
+
+const { hashFile, hashFiles } = nativeBinding
+
+module.exports.hashFile = hashFile
+module.exports.hashFiles = hashFiles
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/mod.rs b/packages/nx/src/native/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..88c58ee6281f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod native_hasher;
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/native_hasher.rs b/packages/nx/src/native/native_hasher.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..282cd379ef76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/native_hasher.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#![allow(unused)]
+
+use crossbeam_channel::unbounded;
+use ignore::WalkBuilder;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::thread::{self, available_parallelism};
+use xxhash_rust::xxh3;
+
+type FileHashes = HashMap<String, String>;
+
+#[napi(object)]
+pub struct FileData {
+    pub file: String,
+    pub hash: String,
+}
+
+#[napi]
+fn hash_file(file: String) -> Option<FileData> {
+    let Ok(content) = std::fs::read(&file) else {
+        return None;
+    };
+
+    let hash = xxh3::xxh3_64(&content).to_string();
+
+    Some(FileData { hash, file })
+}
+
+#[napi]
+fn hash_files(workspace_root: String) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+    let mut walker = WalkBuilder::new(&workspace_root);
+    let workspace_root = workspace_root + "/";
+    walker.add_ignore(workspace_root.clone() + ".nxignore");
+
+    let git_folder = workspace_root.clone() + ".git";
+    // We should make sure to always ignore node_modules
+    let node_folder = workspace_root.clone() + "node_modules";
+    walker.filter_entry(move |entry| {
+        !(entry.path().starts_with(&git_folder) || entry.path().starts_with(&node_folder))
+    });
+
+    // dot files are hidden by default. We want to make sure we include those here
+    walker.hidden(false);
+
+    let (sender, reciever) = unbounded::<(String, Vec<u8>)>();
+
+    let receiver_thread = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let mut collection: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
+        for (path, content) in reciever {
+            collection.insert(path, xxh3::xxh3_64(&content).to_string());
+        }
+        collection
+    });
+
+    let cpus = available_parallelism().map_or(2, |n| n.get()) - 1;
+
+    walker.threads(cpus).build_parallel().run(|| {
+        let tx = sender.clone();
+        let workspace_root = workspace_root.clone();
+        Box::new(move |entry| {
+            use ignore::WalkState::*;
+
+            #[rustfmt::skip]
+            let Ok(dir_entry) = entry else {
+              return Continue;
+            };
+
+            let Ok(content) = std::fs::read(dir_entry.path()) else {
+                return Continue;
+            };
+
+            let file_path = dir_entry.path().display().to_string();
+            let Some(file_path) = file_path.strip_prefix(&workspace_root) else {
+                return Continue;
+            };
+
+            tx.send((file_path.to_string(), content)).ok();
+
+            Continue
+        })
+    });
+
+    drop(sender);
+    receiver_thread.join().unwrap()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use assert_fs::prelude::*;
+    use assert_fs::TempDir;
+
+    ///
+    /// Setup a temporary directory to do testing in
+    ///
+    fn setup_fs() -> TempDir {
+        let temp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        temp.child("test.txt").write_str("content").unwrap();
+        temp.child("foo.txt").write_str("content1").unwrap();
+        temp.child("bar.txt").write_str("content2").unwrap();
+        temp.child("baz")
+            .child("qux.txt")
+            .write_str("content@qux")
+            .unwrap();
+        temp.child("node_modules")
+            .child("node-module-dep")
+            .write_str("content")
+            .unwrap();
+        temp
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_hashes_a_file() {
+        // handle non existent files
+        let content = hash_file("".into());
+        assert!(content.is_none());
+
+        let temp_dir = setup_fs();
+
+        let test_file_path = temp_dir.display().to_string() + "/test.txt";
+        let content = hash_file(test_file_path);
+
+        assert_eq!(content.unwrap().hash, "6193209363630369380");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_hashes_a_directory() {
+        // handle empty workspaces
+        let content = hash_files("/does/not/exist".into());
+        assert!(content.is_empty());
+
+        let temp_dir = setup_fs();
+
+        let content = hash_files(temp_dir.display().to_string());
+        // println!("{:?}", content);
+        assert_eq!(
+            content,
+            HashMap::from([
+                ("baz/qux.txt".into(), "8039819779822413286".into()),
+                ("foo.txt".into(), "8455857314690418558".into()),
+                ("test.txt".into(), "6193209363630369380".into()),
+                ("bar.txt".into(), "1707056588989152788".into()),
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn handles_nx_ignore() {
+        let temp_dir = setup_fs();
+
+        // add nxignore file with baz/
+        temp_dir.child(".nxignore").write_str("baz/").unwrap();
+
+        let content = hash_files(temp_dir.display().to_string());
+        assert_eq!(
+            content,
+            HashMap::from([
+                ("foo.txt".into(), "8455857314690418558".into()),
+                ("test.txt".into(), "6193209363630369380".into()),
+                ("bar.txt".into(), "1707056588989152788".into()),
+                (".nxignore".into(), "5786346484289078730".into())
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+}
+//
+
+//
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/tests/native.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/native/tests/native.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9a029d1c305ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/tests/native.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { hashFile } from '../index';
+
+import { tmpdir } from 'os';
+import { mkdtemp, writeFile } from 'fs-extra';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+describe('native', () => {
+  it('should hash', async () => {
+    expect(hashFile).toBeDefined();
+
+    const tempDirPath = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'native-test'));
+    const tempFilePath = join(tempDirPath, 'temp.txt');
+    await writeFile(tempFilePath, 'content');
+
+    expect(hashFile(tempFilePath).hash).toBe('6193209363630369380');
+  });
+
+  it('should create an instance of NativeHasher', () => {
+    // const nativeHasher = new NativeFileHasher('/root');
+    // expect(nativeHasher instanceof NativeFileHasher).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts
index bca813013ef3f..1e7745c2a18ca 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import '../../utils/testing/mock-fs';
 import { buildExplicitPackageJsonDependencies } from './explicit-package-json-dependencies';
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
 import { createProjectFileMap } from '../file-map-utils';
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../config/project-graph';
 import { ProjectGraphBuilder } from '../project-graph-builder';
 
-jest.mock('fs', () => require('memfs').fs);
 jest.mock('nx/src/utils/workspace-root', () => ({
   workspaceRoot: '/root',
 }));
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
index 4c19ac61ee463..017e2ea0aca37 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-project-dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import '../../utils/testing/mock-fs';
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
 import { defaultFileHasher } from '../../hasher/file-hasher';
 import { createProjectFileMap } from '../file-map-utils';
 import { ProjectGraphBuilder } from '../project-graph-builder';
 import { buildExplicitTypeScriptDependencies } from './explicit-project-dependencies';
 
-jest.mock('fs', () => require('memfs').fs);
 jest.mock('nx/src/utils/workspace-root', () => ({
   workspaceRoot: '/root',
 }));
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts
index 7e585b922a4dc..5350594f70bb3 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import '../utils/testing/mock-fs';
+
 import { vol, fs } from 'memfs';
 
-jest.mock('fs', () => require('memfs').fs);
-jest.mock('../utils/workspace-root', () => ({
+jest.mock('nx/src/utils/workspace-root', () => ({
   workspaceRoot: '/root',
 }));
 import { buildProjectGraph } from './build-project-graph';
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/testing/mock-fs.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/testing/mock-fs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e6e96ea7c030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/testing/mock-fs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// @ts-ignore
+jest.mock('fs', (): Partial<typeof import('fs')> => {
+  const mockFs = require('memfs').fs;
+  return {
+    ...mockFs,
+    existsSync(path: string) {
+      if (path.endsWith('.node')) {
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        return mockFs.existsSync(path);
+      }
+    },
+  };
+});
diff --git a/scripts/copy-local-native.js b/scripts/copy-local-native.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f27c716a3141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copy-local-native.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//@ts-check
+const fs = require('fs');
+const glob = require('fast-glob');
+
+const p = process.argv[2];
+
+const nativeFiles = glob.sync(`packages/${p}/**/*.node`);
+
+nativeFiles.forEach((file) => {
+  fs.copyFileSync(file, `build/${file}`);
+});
diff --git a/scripts/depcheck/missing.ts b/scripts/depcheck/missing.ts
index 4508309641649..bcf5cd30c8184 100644
--- a/scripts/depcheck/missing.ts
+++ b/scripts/depcheck/missing.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,21 @@ const IGNORE_MATCHES_IN_PACKAGE = {
     '@nrwl/angular',
     '@nestjs/cli', // nx init nest makes use of nestjs cli (which should be available in NestJS CLI app) to parse the nest-cli.json file
     'ts-node', // We *may* fall back on ts-node, but we want to encourage the use of @swc-node instead so we don't explicitly list ts-node as an optional dep
+    '@nrwl/nx-android-arm-eabi', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-android-arm64', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-darwin-arm64', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-darwin-universal', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-darwin-x64', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-freebsd-x64', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-linux-arm-gnueabihf', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-gnu', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-linux-arm64-musl', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-gnu', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-linux-x64-musl', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-win32-arm64-msvc', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-win32-ia32-msvc', // native optional deps
+    '@nrwl/nx-win32-x64-msvc', // native optional deps
+    'memfs', // used in mock for handling .node files in tests
   ],
   web: [
     // we don't want to bloat the install of @nrwl/web by including @swc/core and swc-loader as a dependency.
diff --git a/scripts/nx-release.ts b/scripts/nx-release.ts
index 663a7395e41cf..9c07ed372ec3e 100755
--- a/scripts/nx-release.ts
+++ b/scripts/nx-release.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { URL } from 'url';
 import { join } from 'path';
 
+import { parse } from 'semver';
+
 import * as version from '@lerna/version/index';
 import * as publish from '@lerna/publish/index';
 
+const lernaJsonPath = join(__dirname, '../lerna.json');
+const originalLernaJson = readFileSync(lernaJsonPath);
+
 function hideFromGitIndex(uncommittedFiles: string[]) {
   execSync(`git update-index --assume-unchanged ${uncommittedFiles.join(' ')}`);
 
@@ -19,23 +24,35 @@ function hideFromGitIndex(uncommittedFiles: string[]) {
 
 (async () => {
   const options = parseArgs();
-  if (!options.local && !options.force) {
-    console.log('Authenticating to NPM');
-    execSync('npm adduser', {
-      stdio: [0, 1, 2],
-    });
-  }
 
   if (options.clearLocalRegistry) {
     execSync('yarn local-registry clear');
   }
 
+  const currentLatestVersion = execSync('npm view nx version')
+    .toString()
+    .trim();
+
+  const parsedVersion = parse(options.version);
+  const parsedCurrentLatestVersion = parse(currentLatestVersion);
+
+  const distTag =
+    parsedVersion?.prerelease.length > 0
+      ? 'next'
+      : parsedVersion?.major < parsedCurrentLatestVersion.major
+      ? 'previous'
+      : 'latest';
+
   const buildCommand = 'yarn build';
   console.log(`> ${buildCommand}`);
   execSync(buildCommand, {
     stdio: [0, 1, 2],
   });
 
+  if (options.local) {
+    updateLernaJsonVersion(currentLatestVersion);
+  }
+
   if (options.local) {
     // Force all projects to be not private
     const projects = JSON.parse(
@@ -54,21 +71,26 @@ function hideFromGitIndex(uncommittedFiles: string[]) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (!options.local && process.env.NPM_TOKEN) {
+    execSync('npx nx run-many --target=artifacts', {
+      stdio: [0, 1, 2],
+    });
+  }
+
   const versionOptions = {
     bump: options.version ? options.version : undefined,
     conventionalCommits: true,
     conventionalPrerelease: options.tag === 'next',
     preid: options.preid,
     forcePublish: true,
-    createRelease: options.tag !== 'next' ? 'github' : undefined,
-    noChangelog: options.tag === 'next',
+    createRelease: 'github',
     tagVersionPrefix: '',
     exact: true,
     gitRemote: options.gitRemote,
-    gitTagVersion: options.tag !== 'next',
+    gitTagVersion: !process.env.NPM_TOKEN,
     message: 'chore(misc): publish %v',
     loglevel: options.loglevel ?? 'info',
-    yes: false,
+    yes: !!process.env.NPM_TOKEN,
   };
 
   if (options.local) {
@@ -80,12 +102,6 @@ function hideFromGitIndex(uncommittedFiles: string[]) {
     versionOptions.bump = options.version ? options.version : 'minor';
   }
 
-  const lernaJsonPath = join(__dirname, '../lerna.json');
-  let originalLernaJson: Buffer | undefined;
-
-  if (options.local || options.tag === 'next') {
-    originalLernaJson = readFileSync(lernaJsonPath);
-  }
   if (options.local) {
     /**
      * Hide changes from Lerna
@@ -104,18 +120,25 @@ function hideFromGitIndex(uncommittedFiles: string[]) {
 
   const publishOptions: Record<string, boolean | string | undefined> = {
     gitReset: false,
-    distTag: options.tag,
+    distTag: distTag,
   };
 
-  if (!options.skipPublish) {
+  if (!options.local && !process.env.NPM_TOKEN) {
+    execSync('git status --ahead-behind');
+
+    await version(versionOptions);
+    console.log(
+      'Check github: https://github.com/nrwl/nx/actions/workflows/publish.yml'
+    );
+  } else if (!options.skipPublish) {
     await publish({ ...versionOptions, ...publishOptions });
   } else {
     await version(versionOptions);
     console.warn('Not Publishing because --dryRun was passed');
   }
 
-  if (originalLernaJson) {
-    writeFileSync(lernaJsonPath, originalLernaJson);
+  if (options.local) {
+    restoreOriginalLernaJson();
   }
 })();
 
@@ -161,17 +184,6 @@ function parseArgs() {
         'Alternate git remote name to publish tags to (useful for testing changelog)',
       default: 'origin',
     })
-    .option('tag', {
-      type: 'string',
-      description: 'NPM Tag',
-      choices: ['next', 'latest', 'previous'],
-    })
-    .option('preid', {
-      type: 'string',
-      description: 'The kind of prerelease tag. (1.0.0-[preid].0)',
-      choices: ['alpha', 'beta', 'rc'],
-      default: 'beta',
-    })
     .option('loglevel', {
       type: 'string',
       description: 'Log Level',
@@ -182,23 +194,23 @@ function parseArgs() {
       `By default, this will locally publish a minor version bump as latest. Great for local development. Most developers should only need this.`
     )
     .example(
-      '$0 --local false',
-      `This will really publish a new beta version to npm as next. The version is inferred by the changes.`
+      '$0 --local false 2.3.4-beta.0',
+      `This will really publish a new version to npm as next.`
     )
     .example(
-      '$0 --local false --tag latest',
-      `This will really publish a new stable version to npm as latest, tag, commit, push, and create a release on GitHub.`
+      '$0 --local false 2.3.4',
+      `Given the current latest major version on npm is 2, this will really publish a new version to npm as latest.`
     )
     .example(
-      '$0 --local false --preid rc',
-      `This will really publish a new rc version to npm as next.`
+      '$0 --local false 1.3.4-beta.0',
+      `Given the current latest major version on npm is 2, this will really publish a new version to npm as previous.`
     )
     .group(
       ['local', 'clearLocalRegistry'],
       'Local Publishing Options for most developers'
     )
     .group(
-      ['preid', 'tag', 'gitRemote', 'force'],
+      ['gitRemote', 'force'],
       'Real Publishing Options for actually publishing to NPM'
     )
     .check((args) => {
@@ -228,6 +240,18 @@ function parseArgs() {
   return parsedArgs;
 }
 
+function updateLernaJsonVersion(version: string) {
+  const json = JSON.parse(readFileSync(lernaJsonPath).toString());
+
+  json.version = version;
+
+  writeFileSync(lernaJsonPath, JSON.stringify(json));
+}
+
+function restoreOriginalLernaJson() {
+  writeFileSync(lernaJsonPath, originalLernaJson);
+}
+
 function getRegistry() {
   return new URL(execSync('npm config get registry').toString().trim());
 }
diff --git a/scripts/preinstall.js b/scripts/preinstall.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4de15727d3289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/preinstall.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+This pre-install script will check that the necessary dependencies are installed
+Checks for:
+    * Node 18+
+    * Cargo
+ */
+
+if (process.env.CI) {
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+const childProcess = require('child_process');
+
+// Check node version
+const nodeVersion = process.version.slice(1).split('.');
+if (+nodeVersion[0] < 18) {
+  console.error(
+    'Please make sure that your installed Node version is greater than v18'
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// Check for cargo
+try {
+  childProcess.execSync('cargo --version');
+} catch {
+  console.error(
+    'Could not find Cargo. Please make sure that Cargo and Rust is installed with https://rustup.rs'
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 69fc5afe50ef2..6a85841df63c8 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "rootDir": ".",
+    "allowJs": true,
     "paths": {
       "@nrwl/angular": ["packages/angular"],
       "@nrwl/angular/*": ["packages/angular/*"],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e27400cc0864e..3ed5f757656b3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4114,6 +4114,11 @@
     npmlog "^6.0.2"
     write-file-atomic "^4.0.1"
 
+"@ltd/j-toml@1.24.0":
+  version "1.24.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ltd/j-toml/-/j-toml-1.24.0.tgz#4c993610586964fb21fd38a84bb41913f6e4f5ff"
+  integrity sha512-XWEvSNLJ2YeCvlNDd/DQfTMldJqBZWX8+RKgPMY2i3MShqsB9XvtY2UfHqcuPb+eRrNO1WR7w4xlNfzCzop+Ig==
+
 "@markdoc/markdoc@0.1.13":
   version "0.1.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@markdoc/markdoc/-/markdoc-0.1.13.tgz#358408d3b4edf5dae90b51c2d8d89d51743dbd18"
@@ -4169,6 +4174,15 @@
     "@monaco-editor/loader" "^1.3.2"
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
 
+"@monodon/rust@0.4.4":
+  version "0.4.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@monodon/rust/-/rust-0.4.4.tgz#b0df3b547692e1a66971387efeb7ec48620fadb8"
+  integrity sha512-sBU0h+6NoFaZYy3lcSqh6uNiGBp8cugj8V/wilsUy0+oEYmYTakO3So9EWwAsLMFRvh15yUOoOEVLuJ4ggIJOA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@ltd/j-toml" "1.24.0"
+    "@nrwl/devkit" "15.3.0"
+    chalk "4.1.2"
+
 "@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced@^2.2.1":
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mrmlnc/readdir-enhanced/-/readdir-enhanced-2.2.1.tgz#524af240d1a360527b730475ecfa1344aa540dde"
@@ -4237,6 +4251,11 @@
     "@napi-rs/canvas-linux-x64-musl" "0.1.30"
     "@napi-rs/canvas-win32-x64-msvc" "0.1.30"
 
+"@napi-rs/cli@2.14.0":
+  version "2.14.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@napi-rs/cli/-/cli-2.14.0.tgz#ca1c1a75d6922f8af098d8d56f4914e0889963c8"
+  integrity sha512-hQW+gOTQ80nCoBAWA0hq49HM3QqyC7x879CdF/CEEFHeJNlHT8tgru8nbMQa6YqMP1XADfiudsYzy5V7TxBxCw==
+
 "@nestjs/cli@^9.0.0":
   version "9.1.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nestjs/cli/-/cli-9.1.8.tgz#e4cb06c0cb628bf08ae143c2c6278a7beb38044b"
@@ -4731,6 +4750,17 @@
     dotenv "~10.0.0"
     semver "7.3.4"
 
+"@nrwl/devkit@15.3.0":
+  version "15.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nrwl/devkit/-/devkit-15.3.0.tgz#4b0fc4c94f0b92413aa3d028f8cc75f586936d27"
+  integrity sha512-1O9QLB/eYS6ddw4MZnV4yj4CEqLIbpleZZiG/9w1TaiVO/jfNfXVaxc8EA87XSzMpk2W+/4Qggmabt6gAQaabA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@phenomnomnominal/tsquery" "4.1.1"
+    ejs "^3.1.7"
+    ignore "^5.0.4"
+    semver "7.3.4"
+    tslib "^2.3.0"
+
 "@nrwl/devkit@15.6.0-beta.1":
   version "15.6.0-beta.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nrwl/devkit/-/devkit-15.6.0-beta.1.tgz#a518608b7632fa95076b12912114c7787d1714ca"