---
id: wiki-2026-0508-jsi-javascript-interface
title: JSI (JavaScript Interface)
category: 10_Wiki/Topics
status: verified
canonical_id: self
aliases: [React Native JSI, JavaScript Interface, RN New Architecture]
duplicate_of: none
source_trust_level: A
confidence_score: 0.9
verification_status: applied
tags: [react-native, jsi, performance, native-modules]
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last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
github_commit: pending
tech_stack:
  language: cpp
  framework: react-native
---

# JSI (JavaScript Interface)

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 bridge 의 JSON serialization 의 제거 — 매 sync, direct C++ binding"**. React Native 의 New Architecture 의 foundation. 매 native function 을 C++ 객체로 expose, JS 가 매 sync 호출 + shared memory 접근. 매 old bridge 의 async-only / serialize-everything 의 근본 해결.

## 매 핵심

### 매 old bridge 문제
- 모든 JS↔Native 호출 의 JSON serialize → message queue → async dispatch.
- 매 frame 마다 hundreds of message — main thread blocking.
- Image, animation 의 latency 누적.

### 매 JSI 솔루션
- **HostObject**: C++ object 가 JS prototype 처럼 expose.
- **Sync calls**: 매 native function 의 즉시 invoke (no queue).
- **Shared memory (ArrayBuffer)**: 매 zero-copy data exchange.
- **TurboModules**: JSI 기반 native module — lazy-loaded, typed.
- **Fabric**: JSI 기반 renderer — synchronous layout.

### 매 응용
1. Reanimated 3+: UI thread 에서 매 worklet 의 sync 실행 (60→120Hz).
2. MMKV: native key-value store 의 sync access (AsyncStorage 의 100x).
3. VisionCamera: frame processor 의 native↔JS 의 zero-copy.

## 💻 패턴

### TurboModule — JS 측 spec
```typescript
// NativeCalculator.ts
import type { TurboModule } from 'react-native';
import { TurboModuleRegistry } from 'react-native';

export interface Spec extends TurboModule {
  add(a: number, b: number): number; // 매 sync return
  sha256(input: string): Promise<string>;
  getConstants(): { version: string };
}

export default TurboModuleRegistry.getEnforcing<Spec>('Calculator');
```

### TurboModule — iOS 구현
```objc
// Calculator.mm
#import "Calculator.h"
#import <RNCalculatorSpec/RNCalculatorSpec.h>

@implementation Calculator
RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()

- (NSNumber *)add:(double)a b:(double)b {
  return @(a + b); // 매 sync, no bridge
}

- (std::shared_ptr<facebook::react::TurboModule>)getTurboModule:
    (const facebook::react::ObjCTurboModule::InitParams &)params {
  return std::make_shared<facebook::react::NativeCalculatorSpecJSI>(params);
}
@end
```

### HostObject — direct C++ binding
```cpp
// MyHostObject.cpp
#include <jsi/jsi.h>
using namespace facebook::jsi;

class MyHostObject : public HostObject {
 public:
  Value get(Runtime& rt, const PropNameID& name) override {
    auto n = name.utf8(rt);
    if (n == "fastFunction") {
      return Function::createFromHostFunction(
        rt, name, 1,
        [](Runtime& rt, const Value&, const Value* args, size_t) -> Value {
          double x = args[0].asNumber();
          return Value(x * 2.0); // 매 sync, no JSON
        });
    }
    return Value::undefined();
  }
};

void install(Runtime& rt) {
  auto obj = std::make_shared<MyHostObject>();
  rt.global().setProperty(rt, "myNative", Object::createFromHostObject(rt, obj));
}
```

### Reanimated worklet (JSI 활용)
```typescript
import Animated, { useSharedValue, useAnimatedStyle, withSpring } from 'react-native-reanimated';

function Box() {
  const x = useSharedValue(0); // 매 UI thread shared
  const style = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
    transform: [{ translateX: x.value }],
  })); // 매 worklet, UI thread 에서 sync 실행

  return (
    <Animated.View style={style} onTouchEnd={() => {
      x.value = withSpring(100); // 매 JSI 의 sync update
    }} />
  );
}
```

### MMKV (sync storage)
```typescript
import { MMKV } from 'react-native-mmkv';
const storage = new MMKV();

storage.set('user.id', '123'); // 매 sync, no Promise
const id = storage.getString('user.id'); // 매 sync
// AsyncStorage: await storage.getItem(...) — 매 ms 단위 latency
```

### VisionCamera frame processor
```typescript
import { useFrameProcessor } from 'react-native-vision-camera';
import { detectFaces } from 'vision-camera-face-detector';

function Scanner() {
  const frameProcessor = useFrameProcessor((frame) => {
    'worklet';
    const faces = detectFaces(frame); // 매 native, zero-copy
    runOnJS(setFaces)(faces);
  }, []);
  return <Camera frameProcessor={frameProcessor} />;
}
```

### Fabric component (synchronous layout)
```typescript
// MyViewNativeComponent.ts
import codegenNativeComponent from 'react-native/Libraries/Utilities/codegenNativeComponent';
import type { ViewProps } from 'react-native';

interface NativeProps extends ViewProps {
  color?: string;
}
export default codegenNativeComponent<NativeProps>('MyView');
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 상황 | Approach |
|---|---|
| RN 0.68+ 새 project | New Architecture (Fabric+TurboModules) enable |
| Sync native 필요 | TurboModule + JSI |
| Animation 60+ FPS | Reanimated 3 worklet |
| Storage sync | MMKV (JSI) over AsyncStorage |
| Frame-by-frame ML | VisionCamera + JSI worklet |

**기본값**: New Architecture, TurboModules, Reanimated 3.

## 🔗 Graph
- 부모: [[React-Native]] · [[Hermes]]
- 변형: [[Old-Bridge]] · [[Fabric]] · [[TurboModules]]
- 응용: [[Reanimated]] · [[MMKV]] · [[VisionCamera]]
- Adjacent: [[Hermes-Bytecode]] · [[New-Architecture]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: RN 의 native module 작성, performance bottleneck 진단, sync API 필요.
**언제 X**: 매 plain JS-only feature, Expo Go 환경 (custom native 의 X).

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **JSI sync function 에서 heavy work**: JS thread block — 매 worklet / native thread 사용.
- **HostObject 의 reference 누수**: shared_ptr cycle — Runtime invalidate 시 crash.
- **Old bridge + JSI 혼용**: serialization overhead 잔존, 매 New Architecture full migration.
- **Reanimated worklet 에서 closure capture 무분별**: 매 'worklet' directive 누락 시 silent fall-back to JS thread.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (reactnative.dev/architecture, RN 0.76 New Architecture default 발표).
- 신뢰도 A.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — JSI + TurboModules 패턴 정리 |