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Starting with Node.js 18 we have moved building the release binaries
from being built on CentOS 7/RHEL 7 to being built on RHEL 8 as the
End-of-Life date of CentOS 7/RHEL 7 is before the End-of-Life date
of Node.js 18 and we do not want to have to make a disruptive change
towards the end of Node.js 18's life cycle.

Moving to RHEL 8 has raised the glibc version being linked against
(2.28). The official Node.js Linux release binaries will only run on
Linux distributions with a matching or higher version of glibc.
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Expand Up @@ -99,58 +99,49 @@ Node.js does not support a platform version if a vendor has expired support
for it. In other words, Node.js does not support running on End-of-Life (EoL)
platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below.

| Operating System | Architectures | Versions | Support Type | Notes |
| ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], Debian 9, EL 7[^2] |
| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, musl >= 1.1.19 | Experimental | e.g. Alpine 3.8 |
| GNU/Linux | x86 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 10 |
| GNU/Linux | arm64 | kernel >= 4.5, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, EL 7[^3] |
| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9 |
| GNU/Linux | armv6 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power8 | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], EL 7[^2] |
| GNU/Linux | s390x | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. EL 7[^2] |
| Windows | x64 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Tier 1 | [^4],[^5] |
| Windows | x86 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Experimental | [^6] |
| Windows | x64, x86 | Windows 8.1/Server 2012 | Experimental | |
| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 (compiling) / Experimental (running) | |
| macOS | x64 | >= 10.15 | Tier 1 | For notes about compilation see [^7] |
| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Tier 1 | |
| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
| AIX | ppc64be >=power8 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 12.2 | Experimental | |

[^1]: GCC 8 is not provided on the base platform. Users will
need the
[Toolchain test builds PPA](https://launchpad.net/\~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test?field.series_filter=xenial)
or similar to source a newer compiler.

[^2]: GCC 8 is not provided on the base platform. Users will
need the
[devtoolset-8](https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-8/)
or later to source a newer compiler.

[^3]: Older kernel versions may work for ARM64. However the
Node.js test infrastructure only tests >= 4.5.

[^4]: On Windows, running Node.js in Windows terminal emulators
| Operating System | Architectures | Versions | Support Type | Notes |
| ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, RHEL 8 |
| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, musl >= 1.1.19 | Experimental | e.g. Alpine 3.8 |
| GNU/Linux | x86 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 10 |
| GNU/Linux | arm64 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, RHEL 8 |
| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10 |
| GNU/Linux | armv6 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power8 | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, RHEL 8 |
| GNU/Linux | s390x | kernel >= 4.18[^1], glibc >= 2.28 | Tier 2 | e.g. RHEL 8 |
| Windows | x64 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Tier 1 | [^2],[^3] |
| Windows | x86 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Experimental | [^4] |
| Windows | x64, x86 | Windows 8.1/Server 2012 | Experimental | |
| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 (compiling) / Experimental (running) | |
| macOS | x64 | >= 10.15 | Tier 1 | For notes about compilation see [^5] |
| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Tier 1 | |
| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
| AIX | ppc64be >=power8 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 12.2 | Experimental | |

[^1]: Older kernel versions may work. However official Node.js release
binaries are [built on RHEL 8 systems](#official-binary-platforms-and-toolchains)
with kernel 4.18.

[^2]: On Windows, running Node.js in Windows terminal emulators
like `mintty` requires the usage of [winpty](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty)
for the tty channels to work (e.g. `winpty node.exe script.js`).
In "Git bash" if you call the node shell alias (`node` without the `.exe`
extension), `winpty` is used automatically.

[^5]: The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is not
[^3]: The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is not
supported, but the GNU/Linux build process and binaries should work. The
community will only address issues that reproduce on native GNU/Linux
systems. Issues that only reproduce on WSL should be reported in the
[WSL issue tracker](https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues). Running the
Windows binary (`node.exe`) in WSL will not work without workarounds such as
stdio redirection.

[^6]: Compiling Node.js for x86 Windows is currently impossible due to
[^4]: Compiling Node.js for x86 Windows is currently impossible due to
issues with version 10.1 of the V8 engine. Support will come back to its
previous status as soon as possible.

[^7]: Our macOS x64 Binaries are compiled with 10.15 as a target. Xcode11 is
[^5]: Our macOS x64 Binaries are compiled with 10.15 as a target. Xcode11 is
required to compile.

### Supported toolchains
Expand All @@ -172,19 +163,17 @@ Binaries at <https://nodejs.org/download/release/> are produced on:
| aix-ppc64 | AIX 7.2 TL04 on PPC64BE with GCC 8 |
| darwin-x64 | macOS 10.15, Xcode Command Line Tools 11 with -mmacosx-version-min=10.15 |
| darwin-arm64 (and .pkg) | macOS 11 (arm64), Xcode Command Line Tools 12 with -mmacosx-version-min=10.15 |
| linux-arm64 | CentOS 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8[^8] |
| linux-arm64 | RHEL 8 with GCC 8[^6] |
| linux-armv7l | Cross-compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 x64 with [custom GCC toolchain](https://github.com/rvagg/rpi-newer-crosstools) |
| linux-ppc64le | CentOS 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8[^8] |
| linux-s390x | RHEL 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8[^8] |
| linux-x64 | CentOS 7 with devtoolset-8 / GCC 8[^8] |
| linux-ppc64le | RHEL 8 with GCC 8[^6] |
| linux-s390x | RHEL 8 with GCC 8[^6] |
| linux-x64 | RHEL 8 with GCC 8[^6] |
| win-x64 and win-x86 | Windows 2012 R2 (x64) with Visual Studio 2019 |

[^8]: The Enterprise Linux devtoolset-8 allows us to compile binaries with GCC 8
but linked to the glibc and libstdc++ versions of the host platforms
(CentOS 7 / RHEL 7). Therefore, binaries produced on these systems are
compatible with glibc >= 2.17 and libstdc++ >= 6.0.20 (`GLIBCXX_3.4.20`).
These are available on distributions natively supporting GCC 4.9, such as
Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 8.
[^6]: Binaries produced on these systems are compatible with glibc >= 2.28
and libstdc++ >= 6.0.25 (`GLIBCXX_3.4.25`). These are available on
distributions natively supporting GCC 8.1 or higher, such as Debian 10,
RHEL 8 and Ubuntu 20.04.

#### OpenSSL asm support

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