Node.js

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]

Node.js

Original author(s)	Ryan Dahl
Developer(s)	Various
Initial release	May 27, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-05-27)[1]
Stable release	25.2.1[2]  / November 17, 2025; 27 days ago (November 17, 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