Node.js v23.6.0 released!

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Node.js v23.6.0 has been released.

Notable Changes

Unflagging --experimental-strip-types

This release enables the flag --experimental-strip-types by default.
Node.js will be able to execute TypeScript files without additional configuration:

node file.ts

There are some limitations in the supported syntax documented at https://nodejs.org/api/typescript.html#type-stripping
This feature is experimental and is subject to change.

Contributed by Marco Ippolito in #56350

Other Notable Changes

• [c1023284c3] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add typescript support to STDIN eval (Marco Ippolito) #56359
• [8dc39e5e2e] - (SEMVER-MINOR) process: add process.ref() and process.unref() methods (James M Snell) #56400
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Link: Release 2025-01-07, Version 23.6.0 (Current), @marco-ippolito · nodejs/node · GitHub