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Node.js

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Node.js
Original author(s)Ryan Dahl
Developer(s)Various
Initial releaseMay 27, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-05-27)[1]
Stable release
24.3.0[2] Edit this on Wikidata / June 24, 2025; 23 days ago (June 24, 2025)
Repository
Written inC, C++, JavaScript
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IBM AIX[3]
TypeRuntime environment
LicenseMIT license[4]
Websitenodejs.org Edit this on Wikidata

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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  1. "node-v0.x-archive on GitHub". Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. "2025-06-24, Version 24.3.0 (Current), @RafaelGSS". 24 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  3. "nodejs/node". GitHub.
  4. "node/LICENSE at master". GitHub. Node.js Foundation. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. "npm". www.npmjs.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.