# Node.js 18.0.0 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 18.0.0 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-18-0-0-current-2651.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.0.0>)

Published: 2022-04-19T15:56:25Z

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

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 18.0.0 introduces an experimental global fetch API, updates HTTP timeout defaults, adds an experimental test module, changes platform binary support, and includes major deprecations and removals.

## 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.