Node 26 and the build step that finally disappeared
Type stripping, a mature test runner, and a standard library that absorbed the ecosystem. You can ship TypeScript with no toolchain.
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from January 17, 2025 to April 3, 2026.
Node.js 24 goes LTS and the runtime wars settle into a truce
Long-term support for the batteries-included Node, plus a look at where Deno and Bun actually landed.
Node.js 24 and the slow reinvention of the runtime
V8 13.6, npm 11, fetch no longer experimental, and the permission model losing its dashes.
TypeScript 5.8 quietly bets on type stripping
--erasableSyntaxOnly exists because Node can now run TypeScript, and enums can't be erased.
Bun 1.2 stops being a runtime and starts being a platform
Native S3 and Postgres clients, a real Node compatibility push, and a bundled package manager that keeps getting faster.