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PR-URL: #1407 Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Jon Moss <me@jonathanmoss.me> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Kyle Farnung <kfarnung@microsoft.com> Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
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# Windows and Visual Studio versions supported for Node.js
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**Notes:**
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- The exact Windows builds and Visual Studio releases are not tracked. Assume the latest or a recent version at the time of each commit.
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- Only 64 bit machines are available in the CI system. Thus, all 32 bit binaries are cross-compiled and tested on WoW64.
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## For running Node.js
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Supported versions for running the Node.js installer and executable as released.
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| Node.js Version | Windows Version |
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|-----------------|----------------------------|
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| v4 | XP |
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| v5 | XP |
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| v6 | 7 / 2008 R2 <sup>[1]</sup> |
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| v7 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
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| v8 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
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| v9 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
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| v10 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
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| v11 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
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## For building Node.js Core
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Supported versions for building Node.js from source.
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| Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version |
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|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
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| v4 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[2]</sup> |
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| v5 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[2]</sup> |
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| v6.0.0 - v6.7.0 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
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| v6.8.0 onwards | 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[3]</sup> |
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| v7 | 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[3]</sup> |
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| v8 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[4]</sup> |
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| v9 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 |
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| v10 | 2017 <sup>[5]</sup> |
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| v11 | 2017 |
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## For building Node.js Addons
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Supported versions for building Node.js addons. End-users should have one of these installed for building native modules.
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| Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version |
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|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
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| v4 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
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| v5 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
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| v6 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
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| v7 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
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| v8 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[6]</sup> |
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| v9 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[7]</sup> |
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| v10 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 |
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| v11 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 |
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## Official Releases
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These versions are used to build the official releases.
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| Node.js Version | Windows Version | Visual Studio Version |
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
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| v4 | 2008 R2 | 2013 |
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| v5 | 2008 R2 | 2013 |
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| v6.0.0 - v6.7.0 | 2008 R2 | 2013 |
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| v6.8.0 onwards | 2008 R2 | 2015 <sup>[3]</sup> |
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| v7 | 2008 R2 | 2015 |
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| v8 | 2008 R2 | 2015 |
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| v9 | 2008 R2 | 2015 |
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| v10 | 2012 R2 | 2017 <sup>[5]</sup> |
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| v11 | 2012 R2 | 2017 |
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## References
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1. Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista was removed in v6.0.0.
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- Issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3804
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5167
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2. Support for Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 was added in v4.4.1 and v5.9.0.
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5627
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3. Support for Visual Studio 2013 was removed in v6.8.0 and v7.0.0.
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- Issue for v7: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7484
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- Issue for v6: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7989
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8067
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4. Support for Visual Studio 2017 was added in v8.0.0.
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11852
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5. Support for Visual Studio 2015 was removed in v10.0.0.
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16868
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16969
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6. Support for **building addons** with Visual Studio 2017 was added in v8.0.0.
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/pull/1130
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7. Support for **building addons** with Visual Studio 2013 was removed in v9.0.0.
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- Issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/13372
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- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14764

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