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    actions/setup-node

    Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of node.js

    automation
    TypeScript
    MIT
    5.0K stars
    1.7K forks
    150 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 28 days ago, with 108 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Sets up a specific Node.js version and configures environment in GitHub Actions workflows.
    • Provides seamless Node.js version management with caching and authentication support to optimize CI/CD pipelines.
    • Use for automating Node.js environment setup and dependency caching in continuous integration workflows.
    • Use for managing multiple Node.js versions in matrix testing scenarios across different OS and architectures.
    • Use for configuring authentication and caching when publishing packages to npm or GitHub Package Registry.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    The node-version input is optional. If not supplied, the node version from PATH will be used. However, it is recommended to always specify Node.js version and don't rely on the system one.

    The action will first check the local cache for a semver match. If unable to find a specific version in the cache, the action will attempt to download a version of Node.js. It will pull LTS versions from node-versions releases and on miss or failure will fall back to the previous behavior of downloading directly from node dist.

    For information regarding locally cached versions of Node.js on GitHub hosted runners, check out GitHub Actions Runner Images.

    Excerpt from the actions/setup-node README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    1.7K+17

    Open issues

    82-1

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