Announcing the @nodejs.org LTS Upgrade and Modernization Program! 🚀
We're helping enterprises move safely off end-of-life Node.js versions to reduce security risks with our partnerNodeSource.
Modern Node.js is safer Node.js. Details:
openjsf.org/blog/nodejs-...
Tzvetan Mikov has added runtime support for type-stripping to the Hermes JS engine 🎉
It is similar to the support in Node.js and TypeScript's "erasableSyntaxOnly" flag.
github.com/facebook/her...
The @nodejs.org is nearing consensus on shifting to annual releases, with a blog post coming soon 🥳
I have a nitpick on naming the prelease channel "Alpha"
I've suggested some alternatives, and made a case for why "preview" might be a better fit.
WDYT? 🤔
Details: github.com/nodejs/nodej...
Following up here!
The LTS support was changed to 30 months in github.com/nodejs/nodej...
John writes about his first contribution to @npmx.dev
An example of how you can use AI to contribute to Open Source even if you don't know technologies being used.
Always follow CONTRIBUTING.md and never let an LLM speak or think for you.
johnnyreilly.com/npmx-with-a-...
Congrats on the alpha launch @npmx.dev! Y'all are amazing ❤️
Let me tell you an open source story. A very personal one. A story of growth, downward spirals, and recoveries. Of a multitude of converging communities building tools for themselves. A story of collaboration and trust. And hope.
npmx is one of the open source projects I use almost daily now. So glad to see the alpha release (and that I was able to sneak in a few PR as well).
Time for a video? Yes, absolutely 🙌
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoC5...
daniel: "I don't think we need 10x developers to build great things. I think we need 10x teams – groups of people who care about the same problem, who iterate together, and who make each other better" 🤍
the heart of open source is human
today we saw the launch of npmx! here's what the community has already been collaborating on as part of this alpha launch, and what more is to come 🎉
🔴 Live
Npmx is creating a wave of enthusiastic support. We’re in a moment where most discussion about OSS feels pretty bleak, the joy around npmx feels unique. Maintainers @danielroe.dev, @whitep4nth3r.com , and @patak.cat share their secrets.
Watch Live:
To celebrate the launch of the @npmx.dev alpha, I wrote up a guide on how to make your first contribution to an open-source project.
Let me know if this helps you make your first contribution (and it doesn't have to be code)!
npmx is now in alpha: this is our story, as told by our team and friends
Just to prove that it can fit in easily with existing implementation/runtimes fairly easily, I ported the github.com/jasnell/new-... API to Node.js and updated FileHandle to support it github.com/nodejs/node/... ... it's an experimental draft currently so no official status...
✨ What's New in ViteLand: February 2026 Recap
◆ Oxfmt Beta: 100% Prettier conformance
◆ @vite.dev 8 includes devtools
◆ @vitest.dev 4.1 beta adds aroundEach/aroundAll hooks
◆ @rolldown.rs becomes 9.6% faster
◆ Oxlint now supports 59/61 ts-eslint rules
◆ NestJS migrates to Vitest
◆ and much more 👀
After implementing web streams in multiple runtimes, supporting them for years, talking with other implementers, dealing with issues... I think it's well past time we talked about something better blog.cloudflare.com/a-better-web...
I'm glad this is finally happening!
Thank you, Ulises, and rest of the release team for getting this to a consensus.
Why is the LTS support set for 29 months?
If it's set to 30 months, it'll be easy to remember (even number, and/or 2.5 years) and end-of-life in April will align with current LTS EoL
☕ Something's brewing for @nodejs.org releases starting with 27.x. Official announcement coming soon!
👀 Sneak peek: github.com/nodejs/nodej...
Screenshot of a GitHub pull request titled “lib: added logger api in node core,” showing three approved reviews.
Looks like we're this 🤏 close to getting built-in Node.js logger 👀
The React Foundation has officially launched, hosted by the Linux Foundation. Read more here: react.dev/blog/2026/02...
Announcing Oxfmt Beta
* 100% Prettier Compatibility
* Additional File Formats
* Tailwind CSS Integration
* Import Sorting
* package.json Sorting
* Embedded Language Formatting
* Node.js API
* `--migrate prettier`
* config overrides
* Full IDE support
oxc.rs/blog/2026-02...
Build and install time tests for Astro
(1/8) An exciting project over at @e18e.dev is our project: how can we measure performance across meta-frameworks? This means going deeper than just bundle size, but looking at all stats across development and runtime. Here is an example of one of our dev build tests. More details in the thread.
Atriiy writes about how high performance code splitting works in @rolldown.rs with Bitset Logic
The four phases of chunk allocation strategy
➡️ Defining Reachability
➡️ User-Driven Partitioning
➡️ Automated Allocation
➡️ Structural Optimization
www.atriiy.dev/blog/rolldow...
The conversation about bad PRs in FOSS projects needs to move away from "is it AI or not" to: does the contributor care or not? That's a different dimension. You can make good PRs with AI; you can make bad PRs without AI. Assuming a perfect overlap is disingenuous at best.
Chrome launched an early preview of WebMCP, and we're looking for feedback on use-cases, API shape, & more! 🚀
WebMCP bridges the gap between AI agents and your website, increasing the performance and reliability of agent interactions.
Join the EPP: developer.chrome.com/blog/webmcp-...
Cartoon illustration in flat colors: a smiling developer in a blue hoodie points upward while holding a green “Node.js FETCH GUIDE” book. Above him, speech bubbles read “npm axios”, “http/https”, and “fetch()” with a question mark. On the right, a cool turtle wearing sunglasses rides a rocket labeled “V8”; a checklist and stopwatch sit on the desk against a soft, patterned sky background.
Confession: my fingers still type `npm i axios` on autopilot from time to time 😅
...And yet… Node.js has shipped a built-in `fetch()` since v18 (2022)!
Still, I keep running into the same questions:
- Should we use it?
- When is it a good fit?
- How do we avoid the usual footguns?
This is great to see vercel.com/blog/we-ralp...
While specific runtime products may compete around features and performance, this kind of research on how to work around the inherent performance bottlenecks in web streams ultimately helps everyone.
Christoph Nakazawa wrote about how 2026 is the year of faster JavaScript tooling with tsgo, oxlint and oxfmt
It also contains prompts which you can share with LLMs to migrate your tooling, as well as an opinionated config for linting.
cpojer.net/posts/fastes...
We cut @nodejs memory in half with a one-line Docker image swap.
No code changes. No new APIs. Just smaller heaps.
Here's what happened when we tested pointer compression on real workloads 🧵
If you heard: "Don't bother learning to code, AI will do it all."
They're wrong. Here's why.
adventures.nodeland.dev/archive/yes-...
