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# Node.js Distribution Policy
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This document describes some policies around what is and is not included in the
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Node.js distribution.
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## Inclusion
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The Node.js distribution includes some external software that the Node.js
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project does not maintain. The choice to include a particular piece of software
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should not imply anything about that software relative to its competitors; in
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some cases, software was added when it had no competitors. While the Node.js
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project supports and encourages competition in the JavaScript ecosystem, as a
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policy, the Node.js project does not include multiple dependencies or tools that
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serve the same purpose.
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The following user-accessible external tools or libraries are the ones chosen
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for their particular purposes:
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* JavaScript engine: V8
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* Package manager: `npm`
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* Package manager version manager: Corepack
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Being user-accessible, removal or replacement of these projects could happen
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only as a semver-major change, unless the related feature or project is
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documented as experimental. In addition, Node.js includes external projects as
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internal dependencies. These may be replaced or removed at any time, provided
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that doing so is not a breaking change.
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## History
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* [corepack](https://github.com/nodejs/corepack) was added in Node.js v14.9.0 and v16.9.0. It is no longer distributed as of Node.js v25.0.0.
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