Node.js

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

For information on using Node.js, see the [Node.js website][].

The Node.js project uses an open governance model. The [OpenJS Foundation][] provides support for the project.

Contributors are expected to act in a collaborative manner to move the project forward. We encourage the constructive exchange of contrary opinions and compromise. The TSC reserves the right to limit or block contributors who repeatedly act in ways that discourage, exhaust, or otherwise negatively affect other participants.

This project has a [Code of Conduct][].

Table of contents

• Support
• Release types

• Building Node.js
• Security
• Contributing to Node.js
• Current project team members

• License

Support

Looking for help? Check out the instructions for getting support.

Release types

Node.js follows semantic versioning.

• Alpha: Under active development where semver-major changes are allowed.

• Current: Under active development, no semver-major changes allowed. Node.js

• LTS: Releases under Long Term Support, with a focus on stability

• Nightly: Code from the main branch built every 24-hours when there are

Release lines up to and including Node.js 26 follow the previous schedule, where a new major version was released every 6 months and only even-numbered major versions became LTS. See the Node.js release schedule announcement for details.

For more information, see the Release README.

Download

Binaries, installers, and source tarballs are available at .

Current and LTS releases

The latest directory is an alias for the latest Current release. The latest-_codename_ directory is an alias for the latest release from an LTS line. For example, the latest-hydrogen directory contains the latest Hydrogen (Node.js 18) release.

Nightly releases

Each directory and filename includes the version (e.g., v22.0.0), followed by the UTC date (e.g., 20240424 for April 24, 2024), and the short commit SHA of the HEAD of the release (e.g., ddd0a9e494). For instance, a full directory name might look like v22.0.0-nightly20240424ddd0a9e494.

API documentation

Documentation for the latest Current release is at . Version-specific documentation is available in each release directory in the _docs_ subdirectory. Version-specific documentation is also at .

Verifying binaries

Download directories contain a SHASUMS256.txt.asc file with SHA checksums for the files and the releaser PGP signature.

You can get a trusted keyring from nodejs/release-keys, e.g. using curl:

curl -fsLo "/path/to/nodejs-keyring.kbx" "https://github.com/nodejs/release-keys/raw/HEAD/gpg/pubring.kbx"

Alternatively, you can import the releaser keys in your default keyring, see Release keys for commands on how to do that.

Then, you can verify the files you've downloaded locally (if you're using your default keyring, pass --keyring="${GNUPGHOME:-~/.gnupg}/pubring.kbx"):

curl -fsO "https://nodejs.org/dist/${VERSION}/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
&& gpgv --keyring="/path/to/nodejs-keyring.kbx" --output SHASUMS256.txt < SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
&& shasum --check SHASUMS256.txt --ignore-missing

Building Node.js

See BUILDING.md for instructions on how to build Node.js from source and a list of supported platforms.

Security

For information on reporting security vulnerabilities in Node.js, see SECURITY.md.

Contributing to Node.js

• [Contributing to the project][]
• [Working Groups][]
• [Strategic initiatives][]
• [Technical values and prioritization][]

Current project team members

For information about the governance of the Node.js project, see GOVERNANCE.md.

TSC (Technical Steering Committee)

TSC voting members

• aduh95 -

gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356 # Antoine du Hamel
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 # Juan José Arboleda
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F # Marco Ippolito
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 # Rafael Gonzaga
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C # Richard Lau
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A # Ruy Adorno
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 655F3B5C1FB3FA8D1A0CA6BDE4A7D232B936D2FD # Stewart X Addison
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 # Ulises Gascón