Node.js

Node.js

Original author(s)	Ryan Dahl
Developer(s)	Various
Initial release	May 27, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-05-27)^[1]

Stable release	24.2.0^[2] / June 9, 2025; 17 days ago (June 9, 2025)

Repository	github.com/nodejs/node
Written in	C, C++, JavaScript
Operating system	Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IBM AIX^[3]
Type	Runtime environment
License	MIT license^[4]
Website	nodejs.org

Node.js is a runtime system used mostly for making server side applications with JavaScript. It runs on the V8 JavaScript engine. It contains a package manager called NPM.^[5]

References

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↑ "node-v0.x-archive on GitHub". Retrieved 2 August 2014.
↑ "Release 24.2.0". 9 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
↑ "nodejs/node". GitHub.
↑ "node/LICENSE at master". GitHub. Node.js Foundation. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
↑ "npm". www.npmjs.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

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