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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/v22.
Additional Details
- Last updated: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:02:07 GMT
- Dependencies: undici-types
Credits
These definitions were written by Microsoft TypeScript, Alberto Schiabel, Alvis HT Tang, Andrew Makarov, Benjamin Toueg, Chigozirim C., David Junger, Deividas Bakanas, Eugene Y. Q. Shen, Hannes Magnusson, Huw, Kelvin Jin, Klaus Meinhardt, Lishude, Mariusz Wiktorczyk, Mohsen Azimi, Nikita Galkin, Parambir Singh, Sebastian Silbermann, Thomas den Hollander, Wilco Bakker, wwwy3y3, Samuel Ainsworth, Kyle Uehlein, Thanik Bhongbhibhat, Marcin Kopacz, Trivikram Kamat, Junxiao Shi, Ilia Baryshnikov, ExE Boss, Piotr Błażejewicz, Anna Henningsen, Victor Perin, NodeJS Contributors, Linus Unnebäck, wafuwafu13, Matteo Collina, Dmitry Semigradsky, and René.
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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.
tslib
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.
FAQs
TypeScript definitions for node
The npm package @types/node receives a total of 99,960,700 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 01 Jul 2025
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