Node.js (OpenJS Foundation project)

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine that enables server-side and network application development using JavaScript. It was originally created by Ryan Dahl in 2009 to provide an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it efficient and suitable for data-intensive real-time applications across distributed devices. The runtime is widely used to build web servers, APIs, command-line tools, and various backend services, and it powers a large ecosystem of modules distributed via npm (the Node Package Manager).

Node.js is not a traditional commercial company but a community-driven project governed under the OpenJS Foundation (part of the Linux Foundation). The project is maintained by a mix of individual contributors and corporate sponsors, and its source code and many official resources are hosted publicly (notably on GitHub). Major organizations and developers across the industry contribute to and use Node.js in producti...