## SECTION=bytecode_engines config NODEJS tristate prompt "Node.js " select HOST_SYSTEM_PYTHON select HOST_NODEJS select C_ARES select LIBUV select OPENSSL select ZLIB help Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a browser. Node.js lets developers use JavaScript to write command line tools and for server-side scripting—running scripts server-side to produce dynamic web page content before the page is sent to the user's web browser. Consequently, Node.js represents a "JavaScript everywhere" paradigm, unifying web-application development around a single programming language, rather than different languages for server- and client-side scripts.