How to check which version of v8 is installed with my NodeJS?

Question

How is V8 installed along with NodeJs? What version is my current V8 engine?

Answer 1

Easy way:
Type in command line: node -p process.versions.v8

Hard way:

1. Type node --version to get the Node.js version.

2. Go to the Node.js Changelogs.

3. Find and open an appropriate Node.js version change log.

4. Look for notes containing V8 to.

Answer 2

One-line solution:
node -p process.versions.v8

Alternative solution:
node -e "console.log(process.versions.v8)"

Answer 3

Just run npm version (don't know since when this is available)

> npm version
{ http_parser: '1.0',
  node: '0.10.35',
  v8: '3.14.5.9',
  ares: '1.9.0-DEV',
  uv: '0.10.30',
  zlib: '1.2.8',
  modules: '11',
  openssl: '1.0.1j',
  npm: '1.4.28',
  xsjs: '0.1.5' }

Answer 4

To check your version, check the value in process.versions in the REPL.

node -e "console.log(process.versions.v8);"

Additionally, you can compile node with other versions of V8 if you desire. Obviously results may vary widely here depending on what versions you choose.

cd node-v0.x.x
rm -rf deps/v8
git clone http://github.com/v8/v8.git deps/v8

./configure
make
make install

Answer 5

You can just type:

node -p process.versions.v8

Answer 6

Just for fun, if you have curl available in your terminal, the following should give you v8's version:

V=`cat /usr/include/node/node_version.h | grep -E '^\#define NODE_(MAJOR|MINOR|PATCH)_VERSION' | sed -e 's/^[^0-9]*//'`; V=`echo $V | sed -e 's/ /\./g'`; URL=https://github.com/joyent/node/raw/v$V/ChangeLog; curl --silent $URL | grep 'Upgrade v8' | head -1 | sed -e 's/^.* //'; unset V; unset URL

For example, in my box with node.js 0.4.7 I get:

3.1.8.10

:)

Answer 7

find the installed v8 version with node.

$ node
> process.versions.v8
'5.1.281.83'
>

where The process object is a global that provides information about, and control over, the current Node.js process.

if you just type process in node repl, you see information about node(i.e. node version,v8 version,platform,env variables info etc.)

Answer 8

If you're on Node.js version 7.7.3 or similar the command is

$ node -p "process.versions"

But those above work fine too.

Answer 9

node -pe 'this.process.versions'     # all versions
node -pe 'this.process.versions.v8'  # v8 version

Answer 10

The other answers are great for checking your current version. There's also a table with all Node.js versions here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/. Excerpt for example:

Version             Date        V8          npm     NODE_MODULE_VERSION
Node.js 11.0.0      2018-10-23  7.0.276.28  6.4.1   67
Node.js 10.13.0     2018-10-30  6.8.275.32  6.4.1   64
Node.js 10.12.0     2018-10-10  6.8.275.32  6.4.1   64

Answer 11

You can also checking any nodejs v8 version using docker, like node 10.7.0 : docker run --rm -it node:10.7.0 bash -c "node -p process.versions"

Answer 12

v8 is bundled with Node.js. You can see what version of v8 any version of Node.js is using and when it went into production by viewing the v8 ChangeLog from the node repository. This is current master (if building from source): https://github.com/nodejs/node/commits/master/deps/v8/ChangeLog

To view for a specific version of Node.js, switch the branch to that version and check the ChangeLogs file history.