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PR-URL: #40474 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
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for it. In other words, Node.js does not support running on End-of-Life (EoL)
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platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below.
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| Operating System | Architectures | Versions | Support Type | Notes |
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| ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04 <sup>[1](#fn1)</sup>, Debian 9, EL 7 <sup>[2](#fn2)</sup> |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, musl >= 1.1.19 | Experimental | e.g. Alpine 3.8 |
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| GNU/Linux | x86 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 10 |
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| GNU/Linux | arm64 | kernel >= 4.5, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, EL 7 <sup>[3](#fn3)</sup> |
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| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9 |
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| GNU/Linux | armv6 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
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| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power8 | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04 <sup>[1](#fn1)</sup>, EL 7 <sup>[2](#fn2)</sup> |
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| GNU/Linux | s390x | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. EL 7 <sup>[2](#fn2)</sup> |
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| Windows | x64, x86 (WoW64) | >= Windows 8.1/2012 R2 | Tier 1 | <sup>[4](#fn4),[5](#fn5)</sup> |
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| Windows | x86 (native) | >= Windows 8.1/2012 R2 | Tier 1 (running) / Experimental (compiling) <sup>[6](#fn6)</sup> | |
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| Windows | x64, x86 | Windows Server 2012 (not R2) | Experimental | |
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| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 (compiling) / Experimental (running) | |
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| macOS | x64 | >= 10.13 | Tier 1 | For notes about compilation see <sup>[7](#fn7)</sup> |
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| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Tier 1 | |
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| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
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| AIX | ppc64be >=power7 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 12.2 | Experimental | |
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<em id="fn1">1</em>: GCC 8 is not provided on the base platform. Users will
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need the
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[Toolchain test builds PPA](https://launchpad.net/\~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test?field.series\_filter=xenial)
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or similar to source a newer compiler.
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<em id="fn2">2</em>: GCC 8 is not provided on the base platform. Users will
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need the
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[devtoolset-8](https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-8/)
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or later to source a newer compiler.
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<em id="fn3">3</em>: Older kernel versions may work for ARM64. However the
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Node.js test infrastructure only tests >= 4.5.
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<em id="fn4">4</em>: On Windows, running Node.js in Windows terminal emulators
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like `mintty` requires the usage of [winpty](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty)
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for the tty channels to work (e.g. `winpty node.exe script.js`).
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In "Git bash" if you call the node shell alias (`node` without the `.exe`
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extension), `winpty` is used automatically.
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<em id="fn5">5</em>: The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is not
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supported, but the GNU/Linux build process and binaries should work. The
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community will only address issues that reproduce on native GNU/Linux
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systems. Issues that only reproduce on WSL should be reported in the
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[WSL issue tracker](https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues). Running the
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Windows binary (`node.exe`) in WSL is not recommended. It will not work
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without workarounds such as stdio redirection.
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<em id="fn6">6</em>: Running Node.js on x86 Windows should work and binaries
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are provided. However, tests in our infrastructure only run on WoW64.
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Furthermore, compiling on x86 Windows is Experimental and
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may not be possible.
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<em id="fn7">7</em>: Our macOS x64 Binaries are compiled with 10.13 as a target.
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However there is no guarantee compiling on 10.13 will work as Xcode11 is
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required to compile.
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| Operating System | Architectures | Versions | Support Type | Notes |
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| ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], Debian 9, EL 7[^2] |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, musl >= 1.1.19 | Experimental | e.g. Alpine 3.8 |
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| GNU/Linux | x86 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 10 |
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| GNU/Linux | arm64 | kernel >= 4.5, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, EL 7[^3] |
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| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9 |
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| GNU/Linux | armv6 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
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| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power8 | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], EL 7[^2] |
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| GNU/Linux | s390x | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. EL 7[^2] |
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| Windows | x64, x86 (WoW64) | >= Windows 8.1/2012 R2 | Tier 1 | [^4],[^5] |
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| Windows | x86 (native) | >= Windows 8.1/2012 R2 | Tier 1 (running) / Experimental (compiling)[^6] | |
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| Windows | x64, x86 | Windows Server 2012 (not R2) | Experimental | |
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| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 (compiling) / Experimental (running) | |
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| macOS | x64 | >= 10.13 | Tier 1 | For notes about compilation see [^7] |
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| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Tier 1 | |
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| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
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| AIX | ppc64be >=power7 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 12.2 | Experimental | |
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[^1]: GCC 8 is not provided on the base platform. Users will
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need the
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[Toolchain test builds PPA](https://launchpad.net/\~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test?field.series\_filter=xenial)
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or similar to source a newer compiler.
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[^2]: GCC 8 is not provided on the base platform. Users will
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need the
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[devtoolset-8](https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-8/)
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or later to source a newer compiler.
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[^3]: Older kernel versions may work for ARM64. However the
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Node.js test infrastructure only tests >= 4.5.
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[^4]: On Windows, running Node.js in Windows terminal emulators
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like `mintty` requires the usage of [winpty](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty)
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for the tty channels to work (e.g. `winpty node.exe script.js`).
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In "Git bash" if you call the node shell alias (`node` without the `.exe`
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extension), `winpty` is used automatically.
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[^5]: The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is not
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supported, but the GNU/Linux build process and binaries should work. The
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community will only address issues that reproduce on native GNU/Linux
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systems. Issues that only reproduce on WSL should be reported in the
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[WSL issue tracker](https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues). Running the
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Windows binary (`node.exe`) in WSL is not recommended. It will not work
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without workarounds such as stdio redirection.
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[^6]: Running Node.js on x86 Windows should work and binaries
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are provided. However, tests in our infrastructure only run on WoW64.
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Furthermore, compiling on x86 Windows is Experimental and
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may not be possible.
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[^7]: Our macOS x64 Binaries are compiled with 10.13 as a target.
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However there is no guarantee compiling on 10.13 will work as Xcode11 is
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### Supported toolchains
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| linux-arm64 | CentOS 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8[^8] |
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| linux-armv7l | Cross-compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 x64 with [custom GCC toolchain](https://github.com/rvagg/rpi-newer-crosstools) |
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| linux-x64 | CentOS 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8 <sup>[8](#fn8)</sup> |
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| linux-ppc64le | CentOS 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8[^8] |
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| linux-s390x | RHEL 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8[^8] |
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[^8]: The Enterprise Linux devtoolset-8 allows us to compile binaries with GCC 8
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(CentOS 7 / RHEL 7). Therefore, binaries produced on these systems are
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compatible with glibc >= 2.17 and libstdc++ >= 6.0.20 (`GLIBCXX_3.4.20`).
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