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## Supported platforms

This list of supported platforms is current as of the branch/release to
which it is attached.
which it belongs.

### Input

Node.js relies on V8 and libuv. We adopt a subset of their supported platforms.

### Strategy

Support is divided into three tiers:
There are three support tiers:

* **Tier 1**: Full test coverage and maintenance by the Node.js core team and
the broader community.
* **Tier 2**: Full test coverage but more limited maintenance,
often provided by the vendor of the platform.
* **Experimental**: May not compile reliably or test suite may not pass.
These are often working to be promoted to Tier 2 but are not quite ready.
There is at least one individual actively providing maintenance and the team
is striving to broaden quality and reliability of support.
* **Tier 2**: Full test coverage. Limited maintenance, often provided by the
vendor of the platform.
* **Experimental**: May not compile or test suite may not pass.
These are often approaching Tier 2 support but are not quite ready.
There is at least one individual providing maintenance.

### Supported platforms

The community does not build or test against end-of-life distributions (EoL).
Thus, we do not recommend that you use Node on end-of-life or unsupported
Thus, we do not recommend that you use Node.js on end-of-life or unsupported
platforms in production.

| System | Support type | Version | Architectures | Notes |
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