Ghost’s current required Node version is Node v22 LTS.
Version | Support Level |
---|---|
17.x and below | Unsupported |
18.x (Node v18 Hydrogen LTS) | Unsupported |
19.x | Unsupported |
20.x (Node v20 Iron LTS) | Unsupported |
21.x | Unsupported |
22.x (Node v22 Jod LTS) | Required |
23.x and above | Unsupported |
ghost version
to get your current Ghost versionghost update [version] --force
to force Ghost to reinstall your current version of Ghost, to trigger a re-install of dependencies.Released | Version | Node support | Notes |
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2017/12/05 | ≥1.18.3 | ^4.5.0, ^6.9.0 or ^8.9.0 | |
2018/04/17 | ≥1.22.3 | Bumped Ghost-CLI to ^1.7.0, which requires ^4.5.0, ^6.9.0 or ^8.9.0 | |
2018/05/04 | ≥1.22.5 | ^6.9.0 or ^8.9.0 | Removed Node 4 |
2018/07/24 | 1.25.0 | Final 1.x migrations | |
2019/12/18 | 1.26.2 | Final 1.x version | |
2018/08/16 | 2.0.0 | Bumped Ghost-CLI to ^1.9.0, which requires ^6.9.0 or ^8.9.0 | |
2018/10/30 | ≥2.4.0 | ^6.9.0, ^8.9.0 or ^10.12.0 | Added Node 10 |
2018/11/07 | ≥2.5.0 | ^6.9.0, ^8.9.0 or ^10.13.0 | Bumped Node 10 |
2019/06/04 | ≥2.23.2 | ^8.9.0 or ^10.13.0 | Removed Node 6 |
2019/07/16 | ≥2.25.7 | ^8.10.0 or ^10.13.0 | Bumped Node 8 |
2019/10/14 | 2.37.0 | Final 2.x migrations | |
2021/01/29 | 2.38.3 | Final 2.x version | |
2019/10/22 | 3.0.0 | ^8.16.0, ^10.13.0 or ^12.10.0 | Added Node 12 and bumped Ghost-CLI to ^1.12.0, which requires ^8.16.0, ^10.13.0 or ^12.10.0 |
2020/03/02 | ≥3.9.0 | ^10.13.0 or ^12.10.0 | Removed Node 8 |
2020/11/03 | ≥3.37.0 | ^10.13.0, ^12.10.0 or ^14.15.0 | Added Node 14 |
2021/01/26 | 3.41.0 | Final 3.x migrations | |
2022/01/22 | 3.42.9 | Final 3.x version | |
2021/03/15 | 4.0.0 | Bumped Ghost-CLI to ^1.16.0, which requires ^10.13.0, ^12.10.0 or ^14.15.0 | |
2021/05/11 | ≥4.5.0 | ^12.22.1 or ^14.16.1 | Removed Node 10 and bumped Ghost-CLI to ^1.17.0, which requires ^10.13.0, ^12.10.0 or ^14.15.0 |
2021/10/29 | ≥4.21.0 | ^12.22.1, ^14.17.0 or ^16.13.0 | Added Node 16 |
2022/04/22 | ≥4.45.0 | ^14.17.0 or ^16.13.0 | Removed Node 12 |
2023/01/05 | ≥5.27.0 | ^14.18.0 or ^16.13.0 or ^18.12.1 | Added Node 18 and bumped Node 14 minimum |
2023/05/05 | ≥5.47.0 | ^16.13.0 or ^18.12.1 | Removed Node 14 |
2023/10/27 | ≥5.71.0 | ^18.12.1 | Removed Node 16 |
2024/04/19 | ≥5.82.3 | ^18.12.1 || ^20.11.1 | Added Node 20 |
2025/02/21 | ≥5.110.0 | ^18.12.1 || ^20.11.1 || ^22.13.1 | Added Node 22 and bumped Ghost-CLI to ^1.27.0 |
2025/08/04 | ≥6.0.0 | ^22.13.1 | Removed Node 18 and Node 20 |