# Node.js 12.5.0 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 12.5.0 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-12-5-0-current-2511.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v12.5.0>)

Published: 2019-06-27T14:00:29Z

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>)

Tags: [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debug.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [startup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startup.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 12.5.0 enables V8 snapshots by default to reduce startup time, updates dependencies, and includes inspector, N-API, reporting, build, crypto, and assertion 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.