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doc: announce upcoming end of tier 2 support for macOS x64
Signed-off-by: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com> PR-URL: #63931 Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <richard.lau@ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: René <contact.9a5d6388@renegade334.me.uk> Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com> Reviewed-By: Stewart X Addison <sxa@redhat.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 >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, RHEL 8 |
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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 >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, RHEL 8 |
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| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 24 |
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| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power9 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, RHEL 8 |
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| GNU/Linux | s390x >=z14 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 2 | e.g. RHEL 8 |
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| GNU/Linux | loong64 | kernel >= 5.19, glibc >= 2.36 | Experimental | |
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| GNU/Linux | riscv64 | kernel >= 5.19, glibc >= 2.36 | Experimental | GCC >= 14 or Clang >= 19 for native builds[^5] |
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| Windows | x64 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Tier 1 | [^2],[^3] |
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| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 | |
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| macOS | x64 | >= 13.5 | Tier 2 | For notes about compilation see [^4] |
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| macOS | arm64 | >= 13.5 | Tier 1 | |
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| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
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| AIX | ppc64be >=power9 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 13.2 | Experimental | |
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| OpenHarmony | arm64 | >= 5.0 | Experimental | |
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| Operating System | Architectures | Versions | Support Type | Notes |
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| ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, RHEL 8 |
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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 >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, RHEL 8 |
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| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 24 |
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| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power9 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, RHEL 8 |
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| GNU/Linux | s390x >=z14 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 2 | e.g. RHEL 8 |
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| GNU/Linux | loong64 | kernel >= 5.19, glibc >= 2.36 | Experimental | |
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| GNU/Linux | riscv64 | kernel >= 5.19, glibc >= 2.36 | Experimental | GCC >= 14 or Clang >= 19 for native builds[^5] |
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| Windows | x64 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Tier 1 | [^2],[^3] |
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| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 | |
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| macOS | x64 | >= 13.5 | Tier 2 | Until early 2028[^8]. For notes about compilation see [^4] |
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| macOS | arm64 | >= 13.5 | Tier 1 | |
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| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
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| AIX | ppc64be >=power9 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 13.2 | Experimental | |
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| OpenHarmony | arm64 | >= 5.0 | Experimental | |
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Cross-compilation from x64 is unaffected (the code is behind
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`V8_HOST_ARCH_RISCV64`).
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[^8]: Our macOS testing infrastructure provider has announced end of support for
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Intel-based architecture for early 2028 at which time that platform will move to
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experimental status as the Node.js project will no longer be able to test changes on any
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Intel-based macOS version. When this change occurs the project intends to continue
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creating universal binaries for versions of Node.js which are still in support which will
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be compatible with both Apple Silicon-based and Intel-based macOS versions but
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they will be untested.
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### Supported toolchains

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