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## Supported platforms ## Supported platforms
This list of supported platforms is current as of the branch/release to This list of supported platforms is current as of the branch/release to
which it is attached. which it belongs.
### Input ### Input
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### Strategy ### Strategy
Support is divided into three tiers: There are three support tiers:
* **Tier 1**: Full test coverage and maintenance by the Node.js core team and * **Tier 1**: Full test coverage and maintenance by the Node.js core team and
the broader community. the broader community.
* **Tier 2**: Full test coverage but more limited maintenance, * **Tier 2**: Full test coverage. Limited maintenance, often provided by the
often provided by the vendor of the platform. vendor of the platform.
* **Experimental**: May not compile reliably or test suite may not pass. * **Experimental**: May not compile or test suite may not pass.
These are often working to be promoted to Tier 2 but are not quite ready. These are often approaching Tier 2 support but are not quite ready.
There is at least one individual actively providing maintenance and the team There is at least one individual providing maintenance.
is striving to broaden quality and reliability of support.
### Supported platforms ### Supported platforms
The community does not build or test against end-of-life distributions (EoL). The community does not build or test against end-of-life distributions (EoL).
Thus, we do not recommend that you use Node on end-of-life or unsupported Thus, we do not recommend that you use Node.js on end-of-life or unsupported
platforms in production. platforms in production.
| System | Support type | Version | Architectures | Notes | | System | Support type | Version | Architectures | Notes |