Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. For more information on using Node.js, see the Node.js Website.

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

This project is bound by a Code of Conduct.

Table of Contents

Support
Release Types
- Download
- Verifying Binaries
Building Node.js
Security
Current Project Team Members
Contributing to Node.js

Support

Node.js contributors have limited availability to address general support questions. Please make sure you are using a currently-supported version of Node.js.

When looking for support, please first search for your question in these venues:

If you didn't find an answer in the resources above, try these unofficial resources:

Questions tagged 'node.js' on StackOverflow
#node.js channel on chat.freenode.net. See http://nodeirc.info/ for more information.
Node.js Discord Community
Node.js Slack Community: Visit nodeslackers.com to register.

GitHub issues are for tracking enhancements and bugs, not general support.

The open source license grants you the freedom to use Node.js. It does not guarantee commitments of other people's time. Please be respectful and manage your expectations.

Release Types

Current: Under active development. Code for the Current release is in the branch for its major version number (for example, v10.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 18 months of Active LTS support and a further 12 months of Maintenance. LTS release lines have alphabetically-ordered codenames, 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.

Download

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

Current and LTS Releases

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-carbon directory contains the latest Carbon (Node.js 8) release.

Nightly Releases

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

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

API Documentation

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/.

Verifying Binaries

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 SHASUM256.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.

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.

Current Project Team Members

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

TSC (Technical Steering Committee)

addaleax - Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> (she/her)
apapirovski - Anatoli Papirovski <apapirovski@mac.com> (he/him)
ChALkeR - Сковорода Никита Андреевич <chalkerx@gmail.com> (he/him)
cjihrig - Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> (he/him)
danbev - Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com> (he/him)
fhinkel - Franziska Hinkelmann <franziska.hinkelmann@gmail.com> (she/her)
Fishrock123 - Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
gabrielschulhof - Gabriel Schulhof <gabriel.schulhof@intel.com>
jasnell - James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> (he/him)
joyeecheung - Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com> (she/her)
mcollina - Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com> (he/him)
mhdawson - Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> (he/him)
MylesBorins - Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com> (he/him)
ofrobots - Ali Ijaz Sheikh <ofrobots@google.com> (he/him)
rvagg - Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>
targos - Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> (he/him)
thefourtheye - Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com> (he/him)

TSC Emeriti

bnoordhuis - Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
chrisdickinson - Chris Dickinson <christopher.s.dickinson@gmail.com>
evanlucas - Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com> (he/him)
gibfahn - Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> (he/him)
indutny - Fedor Indutny <fedor.indutny@gmail.com>
isaacs - Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me>
joshgav - Josh Gavant <josh.gavant@outlook.com>
mscdex - Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
nebrius - Bryan Hughes <bryan@nebri.us>
orangemocha - Alexis Campailla <orangemocha@nodejs.org>
piscisaureus - Bert Belder <bertbelder@gmail.com>
shigeki - Shigeki Ohtsu <ohtsu@ohtsu.org> (he/him)
TimothyGu - Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com> (he/him)
trevnorris - Trevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com>
Trott - Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> (he/him)

Collaborators

Collaborator Emeriti

imran-iq - Imran Iqbal <imran@imraniqbal.org>
isaacs - Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me>
lxe - Aleksey Smolenchuk <lxe@lxe.co>
matthewloring - Matthew Loring <mattloring@google.com>
micnic - Nicu Micleușanu <micnic90@gmail.com> (he/him)
mikeal - Mikeal Rogers <mikeal.rogers@gmail.com>
monsanto - Christopher Monsanto <chris@monsan.to>
Olegas - Oleg Elifantiev <oleg@elifantiev.ru>
petkaantonov - Petka Antonov <petka_antonov@hotmail.com>
phillipj - Phillip Johnsen <johphi@gmail.com>
piscisaureus - Bert Belder <bertbelder@gmail.com>
rlidwka - Alex Kocharin <alex@kocharin.ru>
rmg - Ryan Graham <r.m.graham@gmail.com>
robertkowalski - Robert Kowalski <rok@kowalski.gd>
romankl - Roman Klauke <romaaan.git@gmail.com>
tellnes - Christian Tellnes <christian@tellnes.no>
tunniclm - Mike Tunnicliffe <m.j.tunnicliffe@gmail.com>

Collaborators follow the COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md in maintaining the Node.js project.

Release Keys

GPG keys used to sign Node.js releases:

To import the full set of trusted release keys:

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 B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 77984A986EBC2AA786BC0F66B01FBB92821C587A
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E
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 DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys A48C2BEE680E841632CD4E44F07496B3EB3C1762

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

Other keys used to sign some previous releases:

Chris Dickinson <christopher.s.dickinson@gmail.com> 9554F04D7259F04124DE6B476D5A82AC7E37093B
Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> 93C7E9E91B49E432C2F75674B0A78B0A6C481CF6
Italo A. Casas <me@italoacasas.com> 56730D5401028683275BD23C23EFEFE93C4CFFFE
Julien Gilli <jgilli@fastmail.fm> 114F43EE0176B71C7BC219DD50A3051F888C628D
Timothy J Fontaine <tjfontaine@gmail.com> 7937DFD2AB06298B2293C3187D33FF9D0246406D

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