# Node.js

Application: OpenJS Foundation

Dem still dey call am node, node.js, nodejs runtime

OpenJS Foundation, Productivity

JavaScript runtime from OpenJS Foundation. Di official Windows installer dey put node.exe under Program Files\nodejs and e include npm.

## Wetin you need know

Node.js dey run JavaScript. npm dey follow come with di official installer.

node.exe na di Node.js runtime. Di official Windows installer still dey put npm for PATH. python.exe na CPython. node.exe inside project folder na often local or nvm install.

- **Wetin e be?**: JavaScript runtime with npm

  **Same thing as Python?**: No. Different language

  **node.exe inside project?**: Often na local or nvm copy

Feex tok say

If node.exe dey sidon for dev server wey dem abandon, I go read di command line for server.js or npm. I no go uninstall Python make e shut up.

## Wetin be Node.js?

Node.js na di OpenJS JavaScript runtime. Official builds dey stay under Program Files\nodejs or inside nvm folder. E no be Python and e no be Windows component.

## If you never use am before

If README talk say make you install Node, get di LTS installer from nodejs.org. Dat package dey include npm. You no need Python for basic Node app. node.exe inside Program Files\nodejs na di global runtime. node.exe wey dey near project na often nvm-windows or vendored copy.

## Wetin dem dey use am for?

**Run JavaScript tools**

Dev servers, CLIs, and scripts dey start as node.exe. Dat one no be python.exe.

**npm installs**

npm.cmd dey follow come with di official installer. Composer na di PHP equivalent, no be dis one.

**Version managers**

nvm-windows dey keep extra node.exe copies. Those ones na still Node, no be System32 file.

## Na who e dey for?

- People wey their tools assume npm
- Users wey find node.exe for inside project think say na malware
- Anybody wey mistake am for Python because both of dem talk say runtime

## Current status

Dem still dey develop am well. OpenJS dey ship Current and LTS trains. Dis article na for di Windows desktop runtime, no be Node inside WSL.

## How old e be?

Ryan Dahl release Node.js for 2009. E younger pass Python (1991) and old pass most Electron editors. Current Windows work dey use LTS from nodejs.org, no be di 0.x era.

## Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

LTS

Current

## System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

### Minimum

| Operating system | Current 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, according to nodejs.org |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| RAM              | Di runtime small. Bundlers and node_modules dey decide memory            |

## Resource profile

- **CPU demand**: Dey follow wetin you open inside di app

  **RAM demand**: Dey follow documents, tabs, or libraries

## Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

| node.exe | Node.js runtime for dat install |
| -------- | ------------------------------- |

## Startup components

Startup npm script fit start am. Na you or vendor do am, no be inbox Windows service wey dem name Node.

## File locations

| Typical install | C:\Program Files\nodejs\\ |
| --------------- | ------------------------- |

## File formats

JS, MJS, package.json

## Common wahala dem

### Leftover localhost server

npm start fit keep node.exe alive after you don close di editor. End dat command line, no be python.exe.

### Project-local node.exe

Some tools dey vendor runtime. Open file location. Program Files\nodejs na di official install.

## How to get unstuck

### where.exe node and node -v

Confirm Program Files\nodejs versus nvm versus project copy. where.exe python na different install.

### If di work dey inside Ubuntu, dis exe na di wrong one

WSL Node dey stay inside di distro. To end Windows node.exe no go stop Linux Node.

### Reinstall from nodejs.org, no be from random Node pack

Di official LTS installer dey include npm. Search-ad bundle na useless software.

## Alternatives

Python na different language. Bun and Deno dey overlap for some JS work.

## Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

| Download      | [nodejs.org/ ](https://nodejs.org/)Official installer or vendor page                                    |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Help          | [nodejs.org/docs ](https://nodejs.org/docs)Vendor support                                               |
| Official site | [nodejs.org/ ](https://nodejs.org/)Start here, no be random exe host                                    |
| Release index | [nodejs.org/en/download/releases ](https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases)When project pin older major |

## Related hardware

Di runtime itself dey light. Large TypeScript projects dey want RAM and SSD for node_modules.

## Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[node.exe: Application Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/node.exe/)[Python: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/python/)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Node.js official site ](https://nodejs.org/)· Vendor product page
- [Node.js help ](https://nodejs.org/docs)· Vendor support
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

## Dis article make sense to you?

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Quick facts

The short identity of dis page. Specs, sources, and the full story still dey inside the article.

- **Developer**: OpenJS Foundation

  **Category**: JavaScript runtime

  **Process**: [node.exe](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/node.exe/)

  **License**: MIT

  **First released**: 2009

  **Official site**: [nodejs.org](https://nodejs.org/)

  **Feex map am**: Dem see am on top Windows PCs for Foxhole

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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