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@types/node
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Installation
npm install --save @types/node
Summary
This package contains type definitions for node (https://nodejs.org/).
Details
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/node/v20.
Additional Details
- Last updated: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:04:32 GMT
- Dependencies: undici-types
Credits
These definitions were written by Microsoft TypeScript, Alberto Schiabel, Andrew Makarov, Benjamin Toueg, David Junger, Mohsen Azimi, Nikita Galkin, Sebastian Silbermann, Wilco Bakker, Marcin Kopacz, Trivikram Kamat, Junxiao Shi, Ilia Baryshnikov, ExE Boss, Piotr Błażejewicz, Anna Henningsen, Victor Perin, NodeJS Contributors, Linus Unnebäck, wafuwafu13, Matteo Collina, and Dmitry Semigradsky.
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The TypeScript package is the core compiler for TypeScript. It provides the language services and type checking for TypeScript code but does not include type definitions for Node.js, which @types/node provides.
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ts-node is a TypeScript execution engine and REPL for Node.js. It allows you to run TypeScript files directly without pre-compiling them. It uses the TypeScript package for type checking but relies on @types/node for Node.js type definitions.
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tslib is a runtime library for TypeScript that includes helper functions used by TypeScript emitted code. It does not provide type definitions but is often used alongside @types/node in TypeScript projects to reduce code duplication.
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TypeScript definitions for node
The npm package @types/node receives a total of 98,896,036 weekly downloads. As such, @types/node popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @types/node demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 14 Dec 2025
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