In our case, we use the pure-js version during development. Some windows developers have issues compiling native modules, and it was easier to try the native p

In our case, we use the pure-js version during development. Some windows developers have issues compiling native modules, and it was easier to try the native plugin, if it fails fallback to the pure-js version with an identical API during development. That way we get the ease of development with pure-js, and the production speed of the native module. Also there is the ability to run client side (mesh networks with webRTC), and the ability to run this on architectures other than x86 where the native version won't compile.