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Formula Development v26.4.0

Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment

When to use

Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment. Use node when you want a widely used development command-line package that can be installed and updated through Homebrew. It is one of FastBrew's top packages by Homebrew installs, with about 3.1M installs over the last year.

Install 1 App in Terminal
$
brew install node
Source: homebrew/core Website Homebrew

Dependencies

Build Dependencies

Installation Notes

Single Executable Application is disabled as it doesn't work with shared libnode.
Temporal support is disabled as it doesn't work with shared ICU library.

Official Homebrew Stats

Install activity metrics for node.

+8.3% vs 90d avg
30 Days
290.0K total installs
9.7K installs / day avg
90 Days
803.5K total installs
8.9K installs / day avg
1 Year
3.1M total installs
8.5K installs / day avg

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