# Node.js 17.6.0 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 17.6.0 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-17-6-0-current-2644.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v17.6.0>)

Published: 2022-02-23T00:01:12Z

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>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>)

Tags: [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [crypto](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crypto.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.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>)

## AI overview

Node.js 17.6.0 is a Current release that adds or updates several features and components, including flagged remote HTTPS and local HTTP support for ESM, relative-link copying in fs, a global FormData implementation when fetch is enabled, readline key binding, Web Crypto API exposure, and dependency updates such as npm 8.5.1.

## 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.