diff --git a/.env b/.env
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# All of the following environment variables are required to set default values
+# for the parameters in docker-compose.yml.
+
+# empty prefix means that the docker-compose configuration will use named
+# volumes which potentially improves the performance on docker for macos and
+# docker for windows, it also prevents the contamination of the source
+# directory
+# a non-empty prefix means that directories from the host are bind-mounted
+# into the container, it should be set to ".docker/" on github actions to keep
+# the cache plugin functional
+DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX=
+
+# turn on inline build cache, this is a docker buildx feature documented
+# at https://github.com/docker/buildx#--cache-tonametypetypekeyvalue
+BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1
+COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+
+# different architecture notations
+ARCH=amd64
+ARCH_ALIAS=x86_64
+ARCH_SHORT=amd64
+
+# The default Debian version to use for the docker image
+DEBIAN=12
+
+# Default repository to pull and push images from
+REPO=ghcr.io/apache/arrow-js-dev
+
+# Default versions for various dependencies
+NODE=18
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+name: NodeJS
+
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+      - '!dependabot/**'
+    tags:
+      - '**'
+  pull_request:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX: ".docker/"
+
+jobs:
+
+  docker:
+    name: AMD64 Debian 12 NodeJS 18
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'WIP') }}
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Arrow JS
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Execute Docker Build
+        run: |
+          docker compose run debian-js
+
+  macos:
+    name: AMD64 macOS 13 NodeJS ${{ matrix.node }}
+    runs-on: macos-13
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'WIP') }}
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node: [18]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Arrow JS
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Jest Cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: .jest-cache
+          key: js-jest-cache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('src/**/*.ts', 'test/**/*.ts', 'yarn.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: js-jest-cache-${{ runner.os }}-
+      - name: Install NodeJS
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - name: Build
+        shell: bash
+        run: ci/scripts/js_build.sh $(pwd) /tmp/build
+      - name: Test
+        shell: bash
+        run: ci/scripts/js_test.sh /tmp/build
+
+  windows:
+    name: AMD64 Windows NodeJS ${{ matrix.node }}
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'WIP') }}
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node: [18]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Arrow JS
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Jest Cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: .jest-cache
+          key: js-jest-cache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('src/**/*.ts', 'test/**/*.ts', 'yarn.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: js-jest-cache-${{ runner.os }}-
+      - name: Install NodeJS
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - name: Build
+        shell: bash
+        run: ci/scripts/js_build.sh $(pwd) /tmp/build
+      - name: Test
+        shell: bash
+        run: ci/scripts/js_test.sh /tmp/build
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
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diff --git a/ci/docker/debian-12-js.dockerfile b/ci/docker/debian-12-js.dockerfile
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+ARG arch=amd64
+ARG node=18
+FROM ${arch}/node:${node}
+
+ENV NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1
+
+# install rsync for copying the generated documentation
+RUN apt-get update -y -q && \
+    apt-get install -y -q --no-install-recommends rsync && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/ci/scripts/js_build.sh b/ci/scripts/js_build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -ex
+
+source_dir=${1}
+build_dir=${2}
+
+: ${BUILD_DOCS_JS:=OFF}
+
+# https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/41429
+# TODO: We want to out-of-source build. This is a workaround. We copy
+# all needed files to the build directory from the source directory
+# and build in the build directory.
+rm -rf ${build_dir}/js
+mkdir -p ${build_dir}
+
+cp -aL ${source_dir}/LICENSE.txt ${build_dir}/
+cp -aL ${source_dir}/NOTICE.txt ${build_dir}/
+cp -aL ${source_dir} ${build_dir}/js
+pushd ${build_dir}/js
+
+yarn --immutable
+
+yarn lint:ci
+yarn build
+
+if [ "${BUILD_DOCS_JS}" == "ON" ]; then
+  # If apache or upstream are defined use those as remote.
+  # Otherwise use origin which could be a fork on PRs.
+  if [ "$(git -C ${source_dir} config --get remote.apache.url)" == "git@github.com:apache/arrow-js.git" ]; then
+    yarn doc --gitRemote apache
+  elif [[ "$(git -C ${source_dir}config --get remote.upstream.url)" =~ "https://github.com/apache/arrow-js" ]]; then
+    yarn doc --gitRemote upstream
+  elif [[ "$(basename -s .git $(git -C ${source_dir} config --get remote.origin.url))" == "arrow-js" ]]; then
+    yarn doc
+  else
+    echo "Failed to build docs because the remote is not set correctly. Please set the origin or upstream remote to https://github.com/apache/arrow-js.git or the apache remote to git@github.com:apache/arrow-js.git."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  mkdir -p ${build_dir}/docs/js
+  rsync -a doc/ ${build_dir}/docs/js
+fi
+
+popd
diff --git a/ci/scripts/js_test.sh b/ci/scripts/js_test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -ex
+
+build_dir=${1}/js
+
+pushd ${build_dir}
+
+yarn lint
+yarn test
+yarn test:bundle
+
+popd
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# Usage
+# -----
+#
+# The docker compose file is parametrized using environment variables, the
+# defaults are set in .env file.
+#
+# Example:
+# $ ARCH=amd64 docker compose build debian-js
+# $ ARCH=amd64 docker compose run debian-js
+
+volumes:
+  debian-ccache:
+    name: ${ARCH}-debian-${DEBIAN}-ccache
+
+services:
+  debian-js:
+    # Usage:
+    #   docker compose build debian-js
+    #   docker compose run debian-js
+    image: ${REPO}:${ARCH}-debian-${DEBIAN}-js-${NODE}
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ci/docker/debian-${DEBIAN}-js.dockerfile
+      cache_from:
+        - ${REPO}:${ARCH}-debian-${DEBIAN}-js-${NODE}
+      args:
+        arch: ${ARCH}
+        node: ${NODE}
+    volumes: &debian-volumes
+      - .:/arrow-js:delegated
+      - ${DOCKER_VOLUME_PREFIX}debian-ccache:/ccache:delegated
+    environment:
+      BUILD_DOCS_JS: "ON"
+    command: &js-command >
+      /bin/bash -c "
+        /arrow-js/ci/scripts/js_build.sh /arrow-js /build &&
+        /arrow-js/ci/scripts/js_test.sh /build"