# Node.js 12.18.3 (LTS)

DevFeed: [Node.js 12.18.3 (LTS)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-12-18-3-lts-2486.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v12.18.3>)

Published: 2020-07-22T17:02:33Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Node.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/node-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [LLVM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llvm.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/make.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [llvm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llvm.md>), [lts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lts.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/make.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 12.18.3 is an LTS maintenance release with fixes across asynchronous hooks, benchmarking, builds, console behavior, cryptography, DNS, documentation, and dependencies. It upgrades npm to 6.14.6 and includes Windows, LLVM, Python, Makefile, HTTP, and TLS-related changes.

## Source excerpt

Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.