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    nodejs/node

    Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

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    javascript
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    mit
    JavaScript
    NOASSERTION
    123.4K stars
    38.7K forks
    3.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 8 days ago, with 417 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #19 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 2, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment for executing JavaScript code outside browsers.
    • Offers a stable, performant runtime with long-term support releases and a large ecosystem for server-side and tooling applications.
    • Use for building scalable network applications and backend services using JavaScript on various operating systems.
    • Use for developing command-line tools and scripts that leverage JavaScript with native OS integration.
    • Use for running JavaScript-based development tools, build systems, and automation workflows in continuous integration environments.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    Other

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    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

    For 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.

    Contributors are expected to act in a collaborative manner to move the project forward. We encourage the constructive exchange of contrary opinions and compromise. The TSC reserves the right to limit or block contributors who repeatedly act in ways that discourage, exhaust, or otherwise negatively affect other participants.

    This project has a Code of Conduct.

    Excerpt from the nodejs/node README on GitHub (NOASSERTION license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 27: +75Aug 28: +22Aug 29: +272Sep 17: -13Sep 18: -2Sep 24: +9Sep 25: +25Sep 26: +30Sep 27: +23Sep 28: +19Oct 3: +29Oct 4: +74Oct 5: +13Oct 6: +65Oct 7: +18Oct 8: -170Oct 9: +0Oct 24: +297Oct 25: +200Oct 29: +17Oct 30: -71Oct 31: +31Nov 4: +16

    +4,342 stars over 79 days across 35 snapshot days; best day +297 on Oct 24.

    Forks

    38.7K+2.2K

    Open issues

    1.3K-136

    Compared with peers in iOS

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