To ensure an improved performance experience for its 3.5 million users, the Node.js Foundation has released Node.js Version 6 with Long Term Support (LTS). This version supports 93 percent of the ECMAScript 6 standard and uses Google's V8 version 5.0 for the JS engine.
Node.js, the JavaScript runtime, has reached version 6. The new Node.js v6 brings with it high performance and security improvements.
Node.js v6 is being released as a long-term support (LTS) release with the goal of providing high-quality solutions for developers without compromise. As such, Node.js 6.x will continue to receive state support until April 2018, and then only receive maintenance updates until April 2019.
This release of Node.js 6 LTS also marks the end of Long Term Support for the Node.js 0.12 branch. As a result, the officially supported versions are now 4.x and 6.x.
Note that Long Term Support for Node.js 4.x will end in April 2017. So, you have plenty of time to move on to the 6.x LTS version.
However, Node.js 6.x will continue to remain the recommended version of Node.js to use, because even though Node.js 6.x is a stable release, it will also contain new JS features that are under testing.
Additionally, Node.js supports 93 percent of the ECMAScript 6 standard released in June 2015, which is much higher compared to the 56 percent support provided by Node.js 5.x.
Other major changes in Node.js 6.x include the use of Google 5.0 for the JS engine and other improvements.
