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key: pl/node
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name: "Node.js"
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# Node.js

> A JavaScript runtime for server-side execution.

A JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, enabling server-side execution of JavaScript code.

## Facts

- Appeared: 2009
- Homepage: https://nodejs.org/en
- GitHub: https://github.com/nodejs/node

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Event-Driven](https://plangs.page/paradigm/event-driven)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Duck](https://plangs.page/type-system/duck)
- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)

### Dialects

- [Bun](https://plangs.page/bun)

### Implements

- [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript)

### Implemented By

- [Bun](https://plangs.page/bun)

### Influenced By

- [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript)

### Influenced

- [Bun](https://plangs.page/bun)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)

### Licenses

- [MIT](https://plangs.page/license/mit)

### Tags

- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Server](https://plangs.page/tag/server)
- [WebDev](https://plangs.page/tag/webdev)