(Note: Ayo.js is forked from Node.js. Currently, a lot of the documentation
still points towards the Node.js repository.)
Ayo.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Ayo.js
uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and
efficient. The Ayo.js package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of
open source libraries in the world.
The Ayo.js project maintains multiple types of releases:
Current: Released from active development branches of this repository,
versioned by SemVer and signed by a member of the
Release Team.
Code for Current releases is organized in this repository by major version
number. For example: v4.x.
The major version number of Current releases will increment every 6 months
allowing for breaking changes to be introduced. This happens in April and
October every year. Current release lines beginning in October each year have
a maximum support life of 8 months. Current release lines beginning in April
each year will convert to LTS (see below) after 6 months and receive further
support for 30 months.
LTS: Releases that receive Long-term Support, with a focus on stability
and security. Every second Current release line (major version) will become an
LTS line and receive 18 months of Active LTS support and a further 12
months of Maintenance. LTS release lines are given alphabetically
ordered codenames, beginning with v4 Argon. LTS releases are less frequent
and will attempt to maintain consistent major and minor version numbers,
only incrementing patch version numbers. There are no breaking changes or
feature additions, except in some special circumstances.
Nightly: Versions of code in this repository on the current Current
branch, automatically built every 24-hours where changes exist. Use with
caution.