--- title: Node.js 24: Your Next Big Frontend Upgrade? | daily.dev description: Node.js 24 brings significant improvements including native TypeScript support, better ES Module compatibility, explicit resource management for automatic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-24-your-next-big-frontend-upgrade--8wzc2qqt0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Node.js 24: Your Next Big Frontend Upgrade? | daily.dev og:description: Node.js 24 brings significant improvements including native TypeScript support, better ES Module compatibility, explicit resource management for automatic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-24-your-next-big-frontend-upgrade--8wzc2qqt0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8Wzc2QQt0.png og:image:alt: Node.js 24: Your Next Big Frontend Upgrade? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Node.js 24: Your Next Big Frontend Upgrade? **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 7 min read · 137 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Node.js 24 brings significant improvements including native TypeScript support, better ES Module compatibility, explicit resource management for automatic cleanup, and enhanced performance through V8 optimizations. Despite these advances, many developers continue using outdated versions like Node 12 and 18, creating security risks. The update addresses long-standing JavaScript challenges with resource management and introduces Watt, an application server that enables multi-threading and even PHP integration within Node.js applications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@petecapecod** · 2 upvotes > Tons of awesome stuff in the new Node 🔥 > Why is anyone still using v 12 or 16?!? 😮 > > Time to check your projects pals 🤣 **@nareshraj05** · 0 upvotes > yup haha **@brsastre** · 0 upvotes > I want to know what you people think about this Node version vs [Bun](https://bun.com/) **@albedosehen** · 0 upvotes > This is why I stick to Deno --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-24-your-next-big-frontend-upgrade--8wzc2qqt0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Node.js 24: Your Next Big Frontend Upgrade?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-24-your-next-big-frontend-upgrade--8wzc2qqt0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-24-your-next-big-frontend-upgrade--8wzc2qqt0"},"datePublished":"2025-06-24T16:03:49.327Z","dateModified":"2025-06-24T16:04:15.398Z","description":"Node.js 24 brings significant improvements including native TypeScript support, better ES Module compatibility, explicit resource management for automatic...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/67a71eb4fcf497d4e7048b10ff70a000?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/67a71eb4fcf497d4e7048b10ff70a000?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":6,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-24-your-next-big-frontend-upgrade--8wzc2qqt0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":137},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}],"keywords":"security,javascript,performance,nodejs,typescript","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Node.js 24: Your Next Big Frontend Upgrade?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-24-your-next-big-frontend-upgrade--8wzc2qqt0","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Tons of awesome stuff in the new Node 🔥\nWhy is anyone still using v 12 or 16?!? 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