Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment. It executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. For more 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.

This project is bound by a Code of Conduct.

• Support
• Release types
  • Download
    • Current and LTS releases
    • Nightly releases
    • API documentation
  • Verifying binaries
• Building Node.js
• Security
• Contributing to Node.js
• Current project team members
  • TSC (Technical Steering Committee)
  • Collaborators
  • Release keys
• License

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

• Current: Under active development. Code for the Current release is in the branch for its major version number (for example, v15.x). Node.js releases a new major version every 6 months, allowing for breaking changes. This happens in April and October every year. Releases appearing each October have a support life of 8 months. Releases appearing each April convert to LTS (see below) each October.
• LTS: Releases that receive Long Term Support, with a focus on stability and security. Every even-numbered major version will become an LTS release. LTS releases receive 12 months of Active LTS support and a further 18 months of Maintenance. LTS release lines have alphabetically-ordered code names, beginning with v4 Argon. There are no breaking changes or feature additions, except in some special circumstances.
• Nightly: Code from the Current branch built every 24-hours when there are changes. Use with caution.

Current and LTS releases follow Semantic Versioning. A member of the Release Team signs each Current and LTS release. For more information, see the Release README.

Binaries, installers, and source tarballs are available at https://nodejs.org/en/download/.

https://nodejs.org/download/release/

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-fermium directory contains the latest Fermium (Node.js 14) release.

https://nodejs.org/download/nightly/

Each directory name and filename contains a date (in UTC) and the commit SHA at the HEAD of the release.

Documentation for the latest Current release is at https://nodejs.org/api/. Version-specific documentation is available in each release directory in the docs subdirectory. Version-specific documentation is also at https://nodejs.org/download/docs/.

Download directories contain a SHASUMS256.txt file with SHA checksums for the files.

To download SHASUMS256.txt using curl:

$ curl -O https://nodejs.org/dist/vx.y.z/SHASUMS256.txt

To check that a downloaded file matches the checksum, run it through sha256sum with a command such as:

$ grep node-vx.y.z.tar.gz SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c -

For Current and LTS, the GPG detached signature of SHASUMS256.txt is in SHASUMS256.txt.sig. You can use it with gpg to verify the integrity of SHASUMS256.txt. You will first need to import the GPG keys of individuals authorized to create releases. To import the keys:

$ gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D

See the bottom of this README for a full script to import active release keys.

Next, download the SHASUMS256.txt.sig for the release:

$ curl -O https://nodejs.org/dist/vx.y.z/SHASUMS256.txt.sig

Then use gpg --verify SHASUMS256.txt.sig SHASUMS256.txt to verify the file's signature.

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

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

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

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

• aduh95 - Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> (he/him)
• apapirovski - Anatoli Papirovski <[email protected]> (he/him)
• BethGriggs - Beth Griggs <[email protected]> (she/her)
• BridgeAR - Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ChALkeR - Сковорода Никита Андреевич <[email protected]> (he/him)
• cjihrig - Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> (he/him)
• codebytere - Shelley Vohr <[email protected]> (she/her)
• danbev - Daniel Bevenius <[email protected]> (he/him)
• danielleadams - Danielle Adams <[email protected]> (she/her)
• fhinkel - Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]> (she/her)
• gabrielschulhof - Gabriel Schulhof <[email protected]>
• gireeshpunathil - Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> (he/him)
• jasnell - James M Snell <[email protected]> (he/him)
• joyeecheung - Joyee Cheung <[email protected]> (she/her)
• mcollina - Matteo Collina <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mhdawson - Michael Dawson <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mmarchini - Mary Marchini <[email protected]> (she/her)
• MylesBorins - Myles Borins <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ronag - Robert Nagy <[email protected]>
• targos - Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> (he/him)
• tniessen - Tobias Nießen <[email protected]>
• Trott - Rich Trott <[email protected]> (he/him)

• addaleax - Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> (she/her)
• aduh95 - Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ak239 - Aleksei Koziatinskii <[email protected]>
• antsmartian - Anto Aravinth <[email protected]> (he/him)
• apapirovski - Anatoli Papirovski <[email protected]> (he/him)
• AshCripps - Ash Cripps <[email protected]>
• bcoe - Ben Coe <[email protected]> (he/him)
• bengl - Bryan English <[email protected]> (he/him)
• benjamingr - Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]>
• BethGriggs - Beth Griggs <[email protected]> (she/her)
• bmeck - Bradley Farias <[email protected]>
• bmeurer - Benedikt Meurer <[email protected]>
• boneskull - Christopher Hiller <[email protected]> (he/him)
• BridgeAR - Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]> (he/him)
• bzoz - Bartosz Sosnowski <[email protected]>
• cclauss - Christian Clauss <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ChALkeR - Сковорода Никита Андреевич <[email protected]> (he/him)
• cjihrig - Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> (he/him)
• codebytere - Shelley Vohr <[email protected]> (she/her)
• danbev - Daniel Bevenius <[email protected]> (he/him)
• danielleadams - Danielle Adams <[email protected]> (she/her)
• davisjam - Jamie Davis <[email protected]> (he/him)
• DerekNonGeneric - Derek Lewis <[email protected]> (he/him)
• devnexen - David Carlier <[email protected]>
• devsnek - Gus Caplan <[email protected]> (they/them)
• dmabupt - Xu Meng <[email protected]> (he/him)
• dnlup Daniele Belardi <[email protected]> (he/him)
• edsadr - Adrian Estrada <[email protected]> (he/him)
• eugeneo - Eugene Ostroukhov <[email protected]>
• evanlucas - Evan Lucas <[email protected]> (he/him)
• fhinkel - Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]> (she/her)
• Fishrock123 - Jeremiah Senkpiel <[email protected]> (he/they)
• Flarna - Gerhard Stöbich <[email protected]> (he/they)
• gabrielschulhof - Gabriel Schulhof <[email protected]>
• geek - Wyatt Preul <[email protected]>
• gengjiawen - Jiawen Geng <[email protected]>
• GeoffreyBooth - Geoffrey Booth <[email protected]> (he/him)
• gireeshpunathil - Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> (he/him)
• guybedford - Guy Bedford <[email protected]> (he/him)
• HarshithaKP - Harshitha K P <[email protected]> (she/her)
• hashseed - Yang Guo <[email protected]> (he/him)
• himself65 - Zeyu Yang <[email protected]> (he/him)
• hiroppy - Yuta Hiroto <[email protected]> (he/him)
• iansu - Ian Sutherland <[email protected]>
• indutny - Fedor Indutny <[email protected]>
• JacksonTian - Jackson Tian <[email protected]>
• jasnell - James M Snell <[email protected]> (he/him)
• jkrems - Jan Krems <[email protected]> (he/him)
• joaocgreis - João Reis <[email protected]>
• joyeecheung - Joyee Cheung <[email protected]> (she/her)
• juanarbol - Juan José Arboleda <[email protected]> (he/him)
• JungMinu - Minwoo Jung <[email protected]> (he/him)
• legendecas - Chengzhong Wu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Leko - Shingo Inoue <[email protected]> (he/him)
• linkgoron - Nitzan Uziely <[email protected]>
• lpinca - Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> (he/him)
• lundibundi - Denys Otrishko <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Lxxyx - Zijian Liu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mafintosh - Mathias Buus <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mcollina - Matteo Collina <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mhdawson - Michael Dawson <[email protected]> (he/him)
• miladfarca - Milad Fa <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mildsunrise - Alba Mendez <[email protected]> (she/her)
• misterdjules - Julien Gilli <[email protected]>
• mmarchini - Mary Marchini <[email protected]> (she/her)
• mscdex - Brian White <[email protected]>
• MylesBorins - Myles Borins <[email protected]> (he/him)
• oyyd - Ouyang Yadong <[email protected]> (he/him)
• panva - Filip Skokan <[email protected]>
• PoojaDurgad - Pooja D P <[email protected]> (she/her)
• puzpuzpuz - Andrey Pechkurov <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Qard - Stephen Belanger <[email protected]> (he/him)
• RaisinTen - Darshan Sen <[email protected]> (he/him)
• refack - Refael Ackermann (רפאל פלחי) <[email protected]> (he/him/הוא/אתה)
• rexagod - Pranshu Srivastava <[email protected]> (he/him)
• richardlau - Richard Lau <[email protected]>
• rickyes - Ricky Zhou <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ronag - Robert Nagy <[email protected]>
• ruyadorno - Ruy Adorno <[email protected]> (he/him)
• rvagg - Rod Vagg <[email protected]>
• ryzokuken - Ujjwal Sharma <[email protected]> (he/him)
• saghul - Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <[email protected]>
• santigimeno - Santiago Gimeno <[email protected]>
• seishun - Nikolai Vavilov <[email protected]>
• shisama - Masashi Hirano <[email protected]> (he/him)
• silverwind - Roman Reiss <[email protected]>
• srl295 - Steven R Loomis <[email protected]>
• starkwang - Weijia Wang <[email protected]>
• sxa - Stewart X Addison <[email protected]> (he/him)
• targos - Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> (he/him)
• TimothyGu - Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• tniessen - Tobias Nießen <[email protected]>
• trivikr - Trivikram Kamat <[email protected]>
• Trott - Rich Trott <[email protected]> (he/him)
• vdeturckheim - Vladimir de Turckheim <[email protected]> (he/him)
• watilde - Daijiro Wachi <[email protected]> (he/him)
• watson - Thomas Watson <[email protected]>
• XadillaX - Khaidi Chu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• yashLadha - Yash Ladha <[email protected]> (he/him)
• yhwang - Yihong Wang <[email protected]>
• yorkie - Yorkie Liu <[email protected]>
• yosuke-furukawa - Yosuke Furukawa <[email protected]>
• ZYSzys - Yongsheng Zhang <[email protected]> (he/him)

Collaborators follow the Collaborator Guide in maintaining the Node.js project.

• Ayase-252 - Qingyu Deng <[email protected]>
• marsonya - Akhil Marsonya <[email protected]> (he/him)
• PoojaDurgad - Pooja Durgad <[email protected]>
• RaisinTen - Darshan Sen <[email protected]>

Primary GPG keys for Node.js Releasers (some Releasers sign with subkeys):

• Beth Griggs <[email protected]> 4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C
• Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> 94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5
• Danielle Adams <[email protected]> 74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201
• James M Snell <[email protected]> 71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1
• Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> 8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600
• Myles Borins <[email protected]> C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8
• Richard Lau <[email protected]> C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C
• Rod Vagg <[email protected]> DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D
• Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]> A48C2BEE680E841632CD4E44F07496B3EB3C1762
• Ruy Adorno <[email protected]> 108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A
• Shelley Vohr <[email protected]> B9E2F5981AA6E0CD28160D9FF13993A75599653C

To import the full set of trusted release keys (including subkeys possibly used to sign releases):

gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 94AE36675C464D64BAFA68DD7434390BDBE9B9C5
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys A48C2BEE680E841632CD4E44F07496B3EB3C1762
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys B9E2F5981AA6E0CD28160D9FF13993A75599653C

See the section above on Verifying Binaries for how to use these keys to verify a downloaded file.

Node.js is available under the MIT license. Node.js also includes external libraries that are available under a variety of licenses. See LICENSE for the full license text.