Node.js LTS (v24) version outdated

[wederchr]

I tried installing the latest version nodejs LTS (24) and ended up with 24.12.0 instead of the latest version which is (24.16). It seems only v25 is being updated currently. Also v26 is missing. Is there a way to update this package to add the missing versions for Node.js 24 and 26?

For reference: https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases

[pinage404]

AFAIU :

Is there a way to update this package to add the missing versions for Node.js 24 [...] ?

nodejs 24.16.0 has already been merged upstream to nixpkgs's staging branch NixOS/nixpkgs#522655

Now, it has to be backported to others branches, which implies that the nixpkgs's pipeline have to rebuild every packages that depend on nodejs, according to the PR flag, it is 5001 (or more) packages, it's big !

You can see part of the branching system in this doc
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/87fcb8ea8bba4b3211a4f9f341d7259c13506a2a/CONTRIBUTING.md#staging

You can follow the advancement on this page
https://track.nix.ee/?pr=522655

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I tried installing the latest version nodejs LTS (24) and ended up with 24.12.0 instead of the latest version which is (24.16)

As time of writing, the unstable includes nodejs 24.15.0
https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&query=nodejs

But as you said, nixhub, only includes 24.12.0

It seems that nixhub lag behind nixpkgs (again) #2609

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Also v26 is missing. Is there a way to update this package to add the missing versions for Node.js [...] 26?

nodejs 26.2.0 is available on the unstable channel with the name nodejs_26
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/64c08a7ca051951c8eae34e3e3cb1e202fe36786/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v26.nix

You can't fix it yourself because nixhub is (sadly) currently closed source #2827

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Solutions to get specific nodejs's version :

• easiest : wait, it will eventually get updated
• if you need nodejs 24.15.0 you can install using flake https://www.jetify.com/docs/devbox/guides/using-flakes

  devbox add github:NixOS/nixpkgs#nodejs_24

• if you need nodejs 26.2.0

  devbox add github:NixOS/nixpkgs#nodejs_26

• if you need nodejs 24.16.0 ⚠️ Devbox will ask Nix to get this version, the built artifact (binaries, libraries...) seems not available yet, so it will download and rebuild nodejs and every dependency, which is resources heavy (CPU to build every package, storage to download every build dependencies...)

  devbox add github:NixOS/nixpkgs/fb1fdb4992324c929e628458e2ac2ad1aae6b1c8#nodejs_24
  #                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  # the hash of the merge commit of the previous mentionned pull request
  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fb1fdb4992324c929e628458e2ac2ad1aae6b1c8

[wederchr]

Thank you @pinage404 for the detailed explanation and apologies for the late response. I was on vacation/ afk until today.

Using flakes is definitely a good temporary solution, thank you for the hint!

easiest : wait, it will eventually get updated

Long term I would prefer nixhub to be up to date though. You mentioned that it seems to be lagging behind at the moment. Looking at the current state of the nodejs package on nixhub it seems to me that only the latest major version gets synced. I.e. now that v26 is available all other major version are no longer getting synced (e.g. v25, v24, v22). Is my assumption correct and if yes how can this problem be addressed?