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doc: announce upcoming end of tier 2 support for macOS x64
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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[^7] |
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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[^7] |
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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[^5]. 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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[^4]: Our macOS Binaries are compiled with 13.5 as a target. Xcode 16 is
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[^5]: Our macOS testing infrastructure provider has announced end of support for
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Intel-based architecture for early 2028. Past this date, the Node.js project
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will no longer be able to test changes on any Intel-based macOS version, so
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the only difference with Experimental tier is that the project intends to
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keep creating universal binaries, compatible with both Apple Silicon-based
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and Intel-based macOS versions.
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[^7]: Native riscv64 builds need GCC >= 14 or Clang >= 19 because V8
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includes `<riscv_vector.h>` and uses `target("arch=+v")` in
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`deps/v8/src/base/cpu.cc`. GCC 13's `riscv_vector.h` errors out without

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