Node.js v18.16.0 released!

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Node.js v18.16.0 has been released.

Notable changes

Add initial support for single executable applications

Compile a JavaScript file into a single executable application:

$ echo 'console.log(`Hello, ${process.argv[2]}!`);' > hello.js

$ cp $(command -v node) hello

# On systems other than macOS:
$ npx postject hello NODE_JS_CODE hello.js \
    --sentinel-fuse NODE_JS_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2

# On macOS:
$ npx postject hello NODE_JS_CODE hello.js \
    --sentinel-fuse NODE_JS_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2 \
    --macho-segment-name NODE_JS

$ ./hello world
Hello, world!

Contributed by Darshan Sen in https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/45038

Replace url parser with Ada

Node.js gets a new URL parser called Ada that is compliant with the WHATWG URL Specification and provides more than 100% performance improvement to the existing implementation.

Contributed by Yagiz Nizipli in https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46410

Other …

Link: Release 2023-04-12, Version 18.16.0 'Hydrogen' (LTS), @danielleadams · nodejs/node · GitHub