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.

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  • Verifying binaries
• Building Node.js
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• Current project team members
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• Current: Under active development. Code for the Current release is in the branch for its major version number (for example, v19.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-hydrogen directory contains the latest Hydrogen (Node.js 18) 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 hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C

See Release keys for a 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)
• BridgeAR - Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]> (he/him)
• cjihrig - Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> (he/him)
• danielleadams - Danielle Adams <[email protected]> (she/her)
• GeoffreyBooth - Geoffrey Booth <[email protected]> (he/him)
• gireeshpunathil - Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> (he/him)
• jasnell - James M Snell <[email protected]> (he/him)
• joyeecheung - Joyee Cheung <[email protected]> (she/her)
• legendecas - Chengzhong Wu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mcollina - Matteo Collina <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mhdawson - Michael Dawson <[email protected]> (he/him)
• MoLow - Moshe Atlow <[email protected]> (he/him)
• RafaelGSS - Rafael Gonzaga <[email protected]> (he/him)
• RaisinTen - Darshan Sen <[email protected]> (he/him)
• richardlau - Richard Lau <[email protected]>
• ronag - Robert Nagy <[email protected]>
• ruyadorno - Ruy Adorno <[email protected]> (he/him)
• targos - Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> (he/him)
• tniessen - Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Trott - Rich Trott <[email protected]> (he/him)

• BethGriggs - Beth Griggs <[email protected]> (she/her)
• bnoordhuis - Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]>
• ChALkeR - Сковорода Никита Андреевич <[email protected]> (he/him)
• codebytere - Shelley Vohr <[email protected]> (she/her)
• danbev - Daniel Bevenius <[email protected]> (he/him)
• fhinkel - Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]> (she/her)
• gabrielschulhof - Gabriel Schulhof <[email protected]>
• mscdex - Brian White <[email protected]>
• MylesBorins - Myles Borins <[email protected]> (he/him)
• rvagg - Rod Vagg <[email protected]>
• TimothyGu - Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <[email protected]> (he/him)

• addaleax - Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> (she/her)
• aduh95 - Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> (he/him)
• anonrig - Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]> (he/him)
• antsmartian - Anto Aravinth <[email protected]> (he/him)
• apapirovski - Anatoli Papirovski <[email protected]> (he/him)
• AshCripps - Ash Cripps <[email protected]>
• Ayase-252 - Qingyu Deng <[email protected]>
• bengl - Bryan English <[email protected]> (he/him)
• benjamingr - Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]>
• BethGriggs - Beth Griggs <[email protected]> (she/her)
• bmeck - Bradley Farias <[email protected]>
• bnb - Tierney Cyren <[email protected]> (they/he)
• bnoordhuis - Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]>
• BridgeAR - Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]> (he/him)
• 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)
• cola119 - Kohei Ueno <[email protected]> (he/him)
• daeyeon - Daeyeon Jeong <[email protected]> (he/him)
• danbev - Daniel Bevenius <[email protected]> (he/him)
• danielleadams - Danielle Adams <[email protected]> (she/her)
• debadree25 - Debadree Chatterjee <[email protected]> (he/him)
• deokjinkim - Deokjin Kim <[email protected]> (he/him)
• devnexen - David Carlier <[email protected]>
• devsnek - Gus Caplan <[email protected]> (they/them)
• edsadr - Adrian Estrada <[email protected]> (he/him)
• erickwendel - Erick Wendel <[email protected]> (he/him)
• fhinkel - Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]> (she/her)
• F3n67u - Feng Yu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Flarna - Gerhard Stöbich <[email protected]> (he/they)
• gabrielschulhof - Gabriel Schulhof <[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)
• himself65 - Zeyu "Alex" Yang <[email protected]> (he/him)
• iansu - Ian Sutherland <[email protected]>
• JacksonTian - Jackson Tian <[email protected]>
• JakobJingleheimer - Jacob Smith <[email protected]> (he/him)
• jasnell - James M Snell <[email protected]> (he/him)
• jkrems - Jan Krems <[email protected]> (he/him)
• joesepi - Joe Sepi <[email protected]> (he/him)
• joyeecheung - Joyee Cheung <[email protected]> (she/her)
• juanarbol - Juan José Arboleda <[email protected]> (he/him)
• JungMinu - Minwoo Jung <[email protected]> (he/him)
• KhafraDev - Matthew Aitken <[email protected]> (he/him)
• kuriyosh - Yoshiki Kurihara <[email protected]> (he/him)
• kvakil - Keyhan Vakil <[email protected]>
• legendecas - Chengzhong Wu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Leko - Shingo Inoue <[email protected]> (he/him)
• linkgoron - Nitzan Uziely <[email protected]>
• LiviaMedeiros - LiviaMedeiros <[email protected]>
• lpinca - Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> (he/him)
• lukekarrys - Luke Karrys <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Lxxyx - Zijian Liu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• marco-ippolito - Marco Ippolito <[email protected]> (he/him)
• marsonya - Akhil Marsonya <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mcollina - Matteo Collina <[email protected]> (he/him)
• meixg - Xuguang Mei <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Mesteery - Mestery <[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)
• MoLow - Moshe Atlow <[email protected]> (he/him)
• mscdex - Brian White <[email protected]>
• MylesBorins - Myles Borins <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ovflowd - Claudio Wunder <[email protected]> (he/they)
• oyyd - Ouyang Yadong <[email protected]> (he/him)
• panva - Filip Skokan <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Qard - Stephen Belanger <[email protected]> (he/him)
• RafaelGSS - Rafael Gonzaga <[email protected]> (he/him)
• RaisinTen - Darshan Sen <[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)
• santigimeno - Santiago Gimeno <[email protected]>
• shisama - Masashi Hirano <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ShogunPanda - Paolo Insogna <[email protected]> (he/him)
• srl295 - Steven R Loomis <[email protected]>
• sxa - Stewart X Addison <[email protected]> (he/him)
• targos - Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> (he/him)
• theanarkh - theanarkh <[email protected]> (he/him)
• TimothyGu - Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• tniessen - Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> (he/him)
• trivikr - Trivikram Kamat <[email protected]>
• Trott - Rich Trott <[email protected]> (he/him)
• vdeturckheim - Vladimir de Turckheim <[email protected]> (he/him)
• vmoroz - Vladimir Morozov <[email protected]> (he/him)
• VoltrexKeyva - Mohammed Keyvanzadeh <[email protected]> (he/him)
• watilde - Daijiro Wachi <[email protected]> (he/him)
• XadillaX - Khaidi Chu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• yashLadha - Yash Ladha <[email protected]> (he/him)
• ZYSzys - Yongsheng Zhang <[email protected]> (he/him)

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

• atlowChemi - Chemi Atlow <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Ayase-252 - Qingyu Deng <[email protected]>
• bmuenzenmeyer - Brian Muenzenmeyer <[email protected]> (he/him)
• daeyeon - Daeyeon Jeong <[email protected]> (he/him)
• F3n67u - Feng Yu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• himadriganguly - Himadri Ganguly <[email protected]> (he/him)
• iam-frankqiu - Frank Qiu <[email protected]> (he/him)
• marsonya - Akhil Marsonya <[email protected]> (he/him)
• meixg - Xuguang Mei <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Mesteery - Mestery <[email protected]> (he/him)
• preveen-stack - Preveen Padmanabhan <[email protected]> (he/him)
• PoojaDurgad - Pooja Durgad <[email protected]>
• RaisinTen - Darshan Sen <[email protected]>
• VoltrexKeyva - Mohammed Keyvanzadeh <[email protected]> (he/him)

Triagers follow the Triage Guide when responding to new issues.

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

• Beth Griggs <[email protected]> 4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C
• Bryan English <[email protected]> 141F07595B7B3FFE74309A937405533BE57C7D57
• Danielle Adams <[email protected]> 74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201
• Juan José Arboleda <[email protected]> DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7
• Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> 8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600
• Myles Borins <[email protected]> C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8
• RafaelGSS <[email protected]> 890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4
• Richard Lau <[email protected]> C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C
• Ruy Adorno <[email protected]> 108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A

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

gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 4ED778F539E3634C779C87C6D7062848A1AB005C
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 141F07595B7B3FFE74309A937405533BE57C7D57
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys C4F0DFFF4E8C1A8236409D08E73BC641CC11F4C8
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A

See Verifying binaries for how to use these keys to verify a downloaded file.

When possible, the commitment to take slots in the security release steward rotation is made by companies in order to ensure individuals who act as security stewards have the support and recognition from their employer to be able to prioritize security releases. Security release stewards manage security releases on a rotation basis as outlined in the security release process.

• Datadog
  • bengl - Bryan English <[email protected]> (he/him)
• NearForm
  • RafaelGSS - Rafael Gonzaga <[email protected]> (he/him)
• NodeSource
  • juanarbol - Juan José Arboleda <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Platformatic
  • mcollina - Matteo Collina <[email protected]> (he/him)
• Red Hat and IBM
  • joesepi - Joe Sepi <[email protected]> (he/him)
  • mhdawson - Michael Dawson <[email protected]> (he/him)

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.