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
* 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
* Triagers
* Release keys
* License

Support

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

Release types

* Current: Under active development. Code for the Current release is in the
branch for its major version number (for example,
v22.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.

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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
.

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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:

``bash
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 to 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"):

`bash
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.

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#### TSC voting members

* aduh95 -
Antoine du Hamel <> (he/him)
* anonrig -
Yagiz Nizipli <> (he/him)
* benjamingr -
Benjamin Gruenbaum <>
* BridgeAR -
Ruben Bridgewater <> (he/him)
* gireeshpunathil -
Gireesh Punathil <> (he/him)
* jasnell -
James M Snell <> (he/him)
* joyeecheung -
Joyee Cheung <> (she/her)
* legendecas -
Chengzhong Wu <> (he/him)
* marco-ippolito -
Marco Ippolito <> (he/him)
* mcollina -
Matteo Collina <> (he/him)
* panva -
Filip Skokan <> (he/him)
* RafaelGSS -
Rafael Gonzaga <> (he/him)
* RaisinTen -
Darshan Sen <> (he/him)
* richardlau -
Richard Lau <>
* ronag -
Robert Nagy <>
* ruyadorno -
Ruy Adorno <> (he/him)
* ShogunPanda -
Paolo Insogna <> (he/him)
* targos -
Michaël Zasso <> (he/him)
* tniessen -
Tobias Nießen <> (he/him)

#### TSC regular members

* BethGriggs -
Beth Griggs <> (she/her)
* bnoordhuis -
Ben Noordhuis <>
* cjihrig -
Colin Ihrig <> (he/him)
* codebytere -
Shelley Vohr <> (she/her)
* GeoffreyBooth -
Geoffrey Booth <> (he/him)
* MoLow -
Moshe Atlow <> (he/him)
* Trott -
Rich Trott <> (he/him)

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* abmusse -
Abdirahim Musse <>
* addaleax -
Anna Henningsen <> (she/her)
* Aditi-1400 -
Aditi Singh <> (she/her)
* aduh95 -
Antoine du Hamel <> (he/him) - Support me
* anonrig -
Yagiz Nizipli <> (he/him) - Support me
* atlowChemi -
Chemi Atlow <> (he/him)
* avivkeller -
Aviv Keller <> (he/him) - Support me
* Ayase-252 -
Qingyu Deng <>
* bengl -
Bryan English <> (he/him)
* benjamingr -
Benjamin Gruenbaum <>
* BethGriggs -
Beth Griggs <> (she/her)
* bnb -
Tierney Cyren <> (they/them)
* bnoordhuis -
Ben Noordhuis <>
* BridgeAR -
Ruben Bridgewater <> (he/him)
* cclauss -
Christian Clauss <> (he/him)
* ChALkeR -
Сковорода Никита Андреевич <> (he/him)
* cjihrig -
Colin Ihrig <> (he/him)
* codebytere -
Shelley Vohr <> (she/her)
* cola119 -
Kohei Ueno <> (he/him)
* daeyeon -
Daeyeon Jeong <> (he/him)
* dario-piotrowicz -
Dario Piotrowicz <> (he/him)
* debadree25 -
Debadree Chatterjee <> (he/him)
* deokjinkim -
Deokjin Kim <> (he/him)
* edsadr -
Adrian Estrada <> (he/him)
* ErickWendel -
Erick Wendel <> (he/him)
* Ethan-Arrowood -
Ethan Arrowood <> (he/him)
* fhinkel -
Franziska Hinkelmann <> (she/her)
* Flarna -
Gerhard Stöbich <> (he/they)
* gabrielschulhof -
Gabriel Schulhof <>
* geeksilva97 -
Edy Silva <> (he/him)
* gengjiawen -
Jiawen Geng <>
* GeoffreyBooth -
Geoffrey Booth <> (he/him)
* gireeshpunathil -
Gireesh Punathil <> (he/him)
* gurgunday -
Gürgün Dayıoğlu <> (he/him)
* guybedford -
Guy Bedford <> (he/him)
* H4ad -
Vinícius Lourenço Claro Cardoso <> (he/him)
* HarshithaKP -
Harshitha K P <> (she/her)
* himself65 -
Zeyu "Alex" Yang <> (he/him)
* hybrist -
Jan Martin <> (he/him)
* IlyasShabi -
Ilyas Shabi <> (he/him)
* islandryu -
Ryuhei Shima <> (he/him)
* jakecastelli -
Jake Yuesong Li <> (he/him)
* JakobJingleheimer -
Jacob Smith <> (he/him)
* jasnell -
James M Snell <> (he/him)
* jazelly -
Jason Zhang <> (he/him)
* JonasBa -
Jonas Badalic <> (he/him)
* joyeecheung -
Joyee Cheung <> (she/her)
* juanarbol -
Juan José Arboleda <> (he/him)
* JungMinu -
Minwoo Jung <> (he/him)
* KhafraDev -
Matthew Aitken <> (he/him)
* legendecas -
Chengzhong Wu <> (he/him)
* lemire -
Daniel Lemire <>
* LiviaMedeiros -
LiviaMedeiros <>
* ljharb -
Jordan Harband <>
* lpinca -
Luigi Pinca <> (he/him)
* Lxxyx -
Zijian Liu <> (he/him)
* marco-ippolito -
Marco Ippolito <> (he/him) - Support me
* marsonya -
Akhil Marsonya <> (he/him)
* MattiasBuelens -
Mattias Buelens <> (he/him)
* mcollina -
Matteo Collina <> (he/him) - Support me
* meixg -
Xuguang Mei <> (he/him)
* mhdawson -
Michael Dawson <> (he/him)
* MoLow -
Moshe Atlow <> (he/him)
* MrJithil -
Jithil P Ponnan <> (he/him)
* ovflowd -
Claudio Wunder <> (he/they)
* panva -
Filip Skokan <> (he/him) - Support me
* pimterry -
Tim Perry <> (he/him)
* pmarchini -
Pietro Marchini <> (he/him)
* puskin -
Giovanni Bucci <> (he/him)
* Qard -
Stephen Belanger <> (he/him)
* RafaelGSS -
Rafael Gonzaga <> (he/him) - Support me
* RaisinTen -
Darshan Sen <> (he/him) - Support me
* Renegade334 -
René <>
* richardlau -
Richard Lau <>
* rluvaton -
Raz Luvaton <> (he/him)
* ronag -
Robert Nagy <>
* ruyadorno -
Ruy Adorno <> (he/him)
* santigimeno -
Santiago Gimeno <>
* ShogunPanda -
Paolo Insogna <> (he/him)
* srl295 -
Steven R Loomis <>
* StefanStojanovic -
Stefan Stojanovic <> (he/him)
* sxa -
Stewart X Addison <> (he/him)
* targos -
Michaël Zasso <> (he/him)
* theanarkh -
theanarkh <> (he/him)
* tniessen -
Tobias Nießen <> (he/him)
* trivikr -
Trivikram Kamat <>
* Trott -
Rich Trott <> (he/him)
* UlisesGascon -
Ulises Gascón <> (he/him)
* vmoroz -
Vladimir Morozov <> (he/him)
* VoltrexKeyva -
Mohammed Keyvanzadeh <> (he/him)
* watilde -
Daijiro Wachi <> (he/him)
* zcbenz -
Cheng Zhao <> (he/him)
* ZYSzys -
Yongsheng Zhang <> (he/him)

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

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* 1ilsang -
Sangchul Lee <<1ilsang.dev@gmail.com>> (he/him)
* atlowChemi -
Chemi Atlow <> (he/him)
* Ayase-252 -
Qingyu Deng <>
* bjohansebas -
Sebastian Beltran <>
* bmuenzenmeyer -
Brian Muenzenmeyer <> (he/him)
* CanadaHonk -
Oliver Medhurst <> (they/them)
* daeyeon -
Daeyeon Jeong <> (he/him)
* gireeshpunathil -
Gireesh Punathil <> (he/him)
* gurgunday -
Gürgün Dayıoğlu <>
* haramj -
Haram Jeong <>
* HBSPS -
Wiyeong Seo <>
* iam-frankqiu -
Frank Qiu <> (he/him)
* KevinEady -
Kevin Eady <> (he/him)
* marsonya -
Akhil Marsonya <> (he/him)
* meixg -
Xuguang Mei <> (he/him)
* milesguicent -
Miles Guicent <> (he/him)
* preveen-stack -
Preveen Padmanabhan <> (he/him)
* RaisinTen -
Darshan Sen <> (he/him)
* VoltrexKeyva -
Mohammed Keyvanzadeh <> (he/him)

Triagers follow the Triage Guide when
responding to new issues.

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

* Antoine du Hamel <>
5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356
* Juan José Arboleda <>
DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7
* Marco Ippolito <>
CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F
* Michaël Zasso <>
8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600
* Rafael Gonzaga <>
890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4
* Richard Lau <>
C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C
* Ruy Adorno <>
108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A
* Ulises Gascón <>
A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0

You can use the keyring the project maintains at
.
Alternatively, you can import them from a public key server. Have in mind that
the project cannot guarantee the availability of the server nor the keys on
that server.

`bash
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 8FCCA13FEF1D0C2E91008E09770F7A9A5AE15600 # Michaël Zasso
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 A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 # Ulises Gascón
`

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

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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 <> (he/him)
* HeroDevs
* marco-ippolito - OpenJSF handle: Marco Ippolito
Marco Ippolito <> (he/him)
* NodeSource
* juanarbol -
Juan José Arboleda <> (he/him)
* RafaelGSS - OpenJSF handle: RafaelGSS
Rafael Gonzaga <> (he/him)
* Platformatic
* mcollina - OpenJSF handle: mcollina`
Matteo Collina <> (he/him)
* Red Hat / IBM
* BethGriggs -
Beth Griggs <> (she/her)
* sxa -
Stewart X Addison <> (he/him)

License

Node.js is licensed under the MIT License.

This project also depends on external libraries that may use different open-source
licenses. For a complete list of included licenses, please see the
LICENSE file.

If you are contributing documentation or source changes, please ensure your
additions comply with the project’s license guidelines.

[Code of Conduct]: https://github.com/nodejs/admin/blob/HEAD/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
[Contributing to the project]: CONTRIBUTING.md
[Node.js website]: https://nodejs.org/
[OpenJS Foundation]: https://openjsf.org/
[Strategic initiatives]: doc/contributing/strategic-initiatives.md
[Technical values and prioritization]: doc/contributing/technical-values.md
[Working Groups]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/HEAD/WORKING_GROUPS.md