Node.js

Deno 2.3 brings workspace support and improved Node compatibility. With Bun maturing and Node.js evolving, the JavaScript runtime landscape is reaching an interesting equilibrium.

As we enter 2026, the JavaScript runtime ecosystem is more competitive and innovative than ever. Here’s where things stand.

Deno 2.5 brings improved Node.js compatibility and workspace support, signaling that the JavaScript runtime competition is driving real innovation.

Another wave of malicious npm packages reminds us that JavaScript’s dependency ecosystem remains one of software’s biggest security challenges.

With Bun 1.0 maturing, Deno pushing Node compatibility, and Node.js evolving faster than ever, the JavaScript runtime landscape is more interesting than it’s been in years.

Node.js 21 lands with a built-in WebSocket client, V8 11.8, and continued efforts to align the runtime with web platform standards.

Node.js 20 brings a stable built-in test runner and an experimental permission model — two features that signal a maturing runtime taking security and developer experience seriously.

Node.js 20 arrives with an experimental permission model, a stable test runner, and continued signs that the runtime is prioritizing security and developer experience over flashy features.

Bun, a new JavaScript runtime built on JavaScriptCore and written in Zig, is making waves with extraordinary benchmark numbers. Is it the Node.js challenger we’ve been waiting for?

TypeScript 4.7 ships with proper ES module support for Node.js, resolving one of the ecosystem’s most painful interoperability headaches.

A popular npm package was deliberately sabotaged by its own maintainer, raising urgent questions about supply chain trust in open source.

TypeScript 4.6 brings improved control flow analysis, better type narrowing for destructured discriminated unions, and performance improvements that matter for large codebases.