Beth Griggs 7162e686b1 2021-04-20, Version 16.0.0 (Current)
Notable changes:

Deprecations and Removals:

- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: remove permissive rmdir recursive
  (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: runtime deprecate rmdir recursive option
  (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('http_parser') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37813]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('url') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37799]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: make process.binding('util') return only
  type checkers (Anna Henningsen) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37819]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('crypto') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37790]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('signal_wrap') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37800]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('v8') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37789]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('async_wrap') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37576]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: remove module.createRequireFromPath
  (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37201]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate subpath folder
  mappings (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37215]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate "main" index and
  extension lookups (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37206]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate invalid package.json
  main entries (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37204]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: runtime deprecate changing
  process.config (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36902]

Stable Timers Promises API:

The Timers Promises API provides an alternative set of timer functions
that return Promise objects. Added in Node.js v15.0.0, in this release
they graduate from experimental status to stable.

Contributed by James Snell - [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38112]

Toolchain and Compiler Upgrades:

Node.js v16.0.0 will be the first release where we ship prebuilt
binaries for Apple Silicon. While we’ll be providing separate tarballs
for the Intel (`darwin-x64`) and ARM (`darwin-arm64`) architectures the
macOS installer (`.pkg`) will be shipped as a ‘fat’ (multi-architecture)
binary.

- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: remove support for Python 2 (Christian
  Clauss) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36691]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: default PYTHON to python3 in Makefile
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37764]
- **build**: update Makefile to support fat binary (Ash Cripps)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37861]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: enable ASLR (PIE) on OS X (woodfairy)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35704]
- **build**: warn for gcc versions earlier than 8.3.0 (Richard Lau)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37935]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update minimum supported Xcode to 11
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37872]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update minimum supported GCC to 8.3
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37871]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update AIX to GCC8 for v16.x (Ash Cripps)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37677]
- **tools**: set arch in Distribution.xml (Ash Cripps)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38261]

V8 9.0:

The V8 JavaScript engine is updated to V8 9.0, including performance
tweaks and improvements.

This update also brings the ECMAScript RegExp Match Indices, which
provide the start and end indices of the captured string. The indices
array is available via the `.indices` property on match objects when the
regular expression has the `/d` flag.

Contributed by Michaël Zasso - [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587]

Other Notable Changes:

- **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **assert**: graduate assert.match and
  assert.doesNotMatch (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38111]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: expose btoa and atob as globals
  (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37786]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: bump minimum ICU version to 68
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330]
- **deps**: update ICU to 69.1 (Michaël Zasso)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38178]
- **deps**: update llhttp to 6.0.0 (Fedor Indutny)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38277]
- **deps**: upgrade npm to 7.10.0 (Ruy Adorno)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38254]
- **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **http**: add http.ClientRequest.getRawHeaderNames()
  (simov) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37660]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib,src**: update cluster to use Parent
  (Michael Dawson) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36478]
- **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **module**: add support for `node:`‑prefixed
  `require(…)` calls (ExE Boss) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37246]
- **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **perf_hooks**: add histogram option to timerify
  (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37475]
- **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **repl**: add auto‑completion for `node:`‑prefixed
  `require(…)` calls (ExE Boss) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37246]
- **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: add getSystemErrorMap() impl
  (eladkeyshawn) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38101]

Semver-Major Commits:

- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **async_hooks**: add thisArg to AsyncResource.bind
  (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36782]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: expose btoa and atob as globals
  (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37786]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: remove support for Python 2
  (Christian Clauss) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36691]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: default PYTHON to python3 in Makefile
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37764]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: update Makefile to support fat binary
  (Ash Cripps) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37861]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: include minimal V8 headers in
  distribution (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37570]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: use C++11 ABI with libstdc++
  (Anna Henningsen) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36634]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: enable ASLR (PIE) on OS X (woodfairy)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35704]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 9.0.257.11 (Michaël Zasso)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: bump minimum ICU version to 68
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 8.9.255.19 (Michaël Zasso)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 8.8.278.17 (Michaël Zasso)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 8.7.220 (Michaël Zasso)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **dns**: use url module instead of punycode for
  IDNA (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35091]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update minimum supported Xcode to 11
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37872]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update minimum supported GCC to 8.3
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37871]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update AIX to GCC8 for v16.x (Ash Cripps)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37677]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: add http.IncomingMessage#connection
  (Pranshu Srivastava) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33768]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **events**: change EventTarget handler exception
  behavior (Nitzan Uziely) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37237]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: remove permissive rmdir recursive
  (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: add validation for fd and path
  (Dylan Elliott) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35187]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: runtime deprecate rmdir recursive option
  (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: fix flag and mode validation
  (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37480]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **http**: use objects with null prototype in Agent
  (Michaël Zasso) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36409]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('http_parser') (James M Snell)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37813]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('url') (James M Snell)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37799]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: make process.binding('util') return only
  type checkers (Anna Henningsen) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37819]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('crypto') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37790]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('signal_wrap') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37800]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('v8') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37789]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: aggregate errors to avoid error swallowing
  (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37460]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to
  process.binding('async_wrap') (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37576]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: remove usage of url.parse
  (raisinten) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36853]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: add error handling for input stream
  (rexagod) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31603]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib,src**: update cluster to use Parent
  (Michael Dawson) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36478]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate subpath folder
  mappings (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37215]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate "main" index and
  extension lookups (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37206]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate invalid package.json
  main entries (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37204]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: remove module.createRequireFromPath
  (Antoine du Hamel) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37201]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: only set cache when finding module
  succeeds (Yongsheng Zhang) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36642]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **perf_hooks**: make performance a global (James M
  Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37970]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **perf_hooks**: complete overhaul of the
  implementation (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: disallow adding options to
  process.allowedNodeEnvironmentFlags (Antoine du Hamel)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36660]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: runtime deprecate changing
  process.config (James M Snell) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36902]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **readline**: cursorTo throw error on NaN
  (Zijian Liu) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36379]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: mark internally exported functions as
  explicitly internal (Tyler Ang-Wanek) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37000]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: inline AsyncCleanupHookHandle in headers
  (Tyler Ang-Wanek) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37000]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: clean up embedder API (Anna Henningsen)
  [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35897]
- **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **worker**: send correct error status for worker
  init (Yash Ladha) [https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36242]

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Node.js

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment. It executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. For more information on using Node.js, see the Node.js Website.

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

This project is bound by a Code of Conduct.

Table of contents

Support

Looking for help? Check out the instructions for getting support.

Release types

  • Current: Under active development. Code for the Current release is in the branch for its major version number (for example, v15.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 12 months of Active LTS support and a further 18 months of Maintenance. LTS release lines have alphabetically-ordered code names, 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-fermium directory contains the latest Fermium (Node.js 14) release.

Nightly releases

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

Each directory name and filename contains a date (in UTC) 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 SHASUMS256.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.

Contributing to Node.js

Current project team members

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

TSC (Technical Steering Committee)

TSC emeriti

Collaborators

Collaborator emeriti

Collaborators follow the Collaborator Guide in maintaining the Node.js project.

Triagers

Release keys

Primary GPG keys for Node.js Releasers (some Releasers sign with subkeys):

To import the full set of trusted release keys (including subkeys possibly used to sign releases):

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 74F12602B6F1C4E913FAA37AD3A89613643B6201
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1
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 C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys A48C2BEE680E841632CD4E44F07496B3EB3C1762
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys B9E2F5981AA6E0CD28160D9FF13993A75599653C

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:

License

Node.js is available under the MIT license. Node.js also includes external libraries that are available under a variety of licenses. See LICENSE for the full license text.

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