Nitro Modules redefines React Native's native bridge with stateful objects and C++ support

Nitro Modules is emerging as a significant architectural shift in React Native, going beyond simple performance gains to offer a more expressive and flexible model for native integrations. Unlike traditional bridge approaches that rely on static function calls and serialized JSON payloads, Nitro treats stateful native objects, ArrayBuffers, and C++ as first-class citizens with type-safe, compile-time-generated bindings. Its practical advantage becomes clear in high-frequency scenarios such as 120 FPS camera processing, where thousands of native calls per second make low call overhead essential. The framework also enables advanced use cases like zero-copy GPU buffer sharing between camera frames and WebGPU, opening the door to shader-based computer vision pipelines written largely in JavaScript. Tools like TypeGPU further lower the barrier by providing a more ergonomic syntax layer on top of WebGPU, making these high-performance pipelines more accessible to developers.