# Node.js 18.13.0 (LTS)

DevFeed: [Node.js 18.13.0 (LTS)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-18-13-0-lts-2657.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.13.0>)

Published: 2023-01-06T01:01:33Z

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>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [lts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lts.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 18.13.0 is an LTS release that adds options for distributions to externalize JavaScript and WASM dependencies, introduces File API support, enables top-level mocking, and includes updates to V8, certificates, ICU, fetch, networking, and deprecations.

## 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.