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# Windows and Visual Studio versions supported for Node.js

## For running Node.js

Supported versions for running the Node.js installer and executable as released.

| Node.js Version | Windows Version |
|-----------------|----------------------------|
| v4 | XP |
| v5 | XP |
| v6 | 7 / 2008 R2 <sup>[1]</sup> |
| v7 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
| v8 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
| v9 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
| v10 | 7 / 2008 R2 |
| v11 | 7 / 2008 R2 |

## For building Node.js Core

Supported versions for building Node.js from source.

| Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version |
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
| v4 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[2]</sup> |
| v5 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[2]</sup> |
| v6.0.0 - v6.7.0 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
| v6.8.0 onwards | 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[3]</sup> |
| v7 | 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[3]</sup> |
| v8 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[4]</sup> |
| v9 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 |
| v10 | 2017 <sup>[5]</sup> |
| v11 | 2017 |

## For building Node.js Addons

Supported versions for building Node.js addons. End-users should have one of these installed for building native modules.

| Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version |
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
| v4 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
| v5 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
| v6 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
| v7 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 |
| v8 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[6]</sup> |
| v9 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[7]</sup> |
| v10 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 |
| v11 | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 |

## Official Releases

These versions are used to build the official releases.

| Node.js Version | Windows Version | Visual Studio Version |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
| v4 | 2008 R2 | 2013 |
| v5 | 2008 R2 | 2013 |
| v6.0.0 - v6.7.0 | 2008 R2 | 2013 |
| v6.8.0 onwards | 2008 R2 | 2015 <sup>[3]</sup> |
| v7 | 2008 R2 | 2015 |
| v8 | 2008 R2 | 2015 |
| v9 | 2008 R2 | 2015 |
| v10 | 2012 R2 | 2017 <sup>[5]</sup> |
| v11 | 2012 R2 | 2017 |

## References

1. Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista was removed in v6.0.0.
- Issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3804
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5167
2. Support for Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 was added in v4.4.1 and v5.9.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5627
3. Support for Visual Studio 2013 was removed in v6.8.0 and v7.0.0.
- Issue for v7: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7484
- Issue for v6: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7989
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8067
4. Support for Visual Studio 2017 was added in v8.0.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11852
5. Support for Visual Studio 2015 was removed in v10.0.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16868
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16969
6. Support for **building addons** with Visual Studio 2017 was added in v8.0.0.
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/pull/1130
7. Support for **building addons** with Visual Studio 2013 was removed in v9.0.0.
- Issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/13372
- Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14764