Merge pull request #13962 from strapi/fix/preinstall-node-version-check

Require Node >=14, <=16 to install Strapi

packages/generators/app/lib/resources/json/common/package.json.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = (opts) => {
       ...packageJsonStrapi,
     },
     engines: {
-      node: '>=12.x.x <=16.x.x',
+      node: '>=14.19.1 <=16.x.x',
       npm: '>=6.0.0',
     },
     license: 'MIT',

packages/generators/app/lib/utils/check-requirements.js

@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { red, green, bold, yellow } = require('chalk');
+const semver = require('semver');
+const packageJSON = require('../resources/json/common/package.json');
+
 module.exports = function checkBeforeInstall() {
   const currentNodeVersion = process.versions.node;
-  const semver = currentNodeVersion.split('.');
+  const { engines } = packageJSON({ strapiDependencies: [] });
-  const major = semver[0];
 
-  if (major < 12) {
+  // error if the node version isn't supported
-    console.error(`You are running Node ${currentNodeVersion}`);
+  if (!semver.satisfies(currentNodeVersion, engines.node)) {
-    console.error('Strapi requires Node 12 and higher.');
+    console.error(red(`You are running ${bold(`Node.js ${currentNodeVersion}`)}`));
+    console.error(`Strapi requires ${bold(green(`Node.js ${engines.node}`))}`);
     console.error('Please make sure to use the right version of Node.');
     process.exit(1);
   }
+
+  // warn if not using a LTS version
+  else if (semver.satisfies(currentNodeVersion, '15.x.x || 17.x.x || 19.x.x')) {
+    console.warn(yellow(`You are running ${bold(`Node.js ${currentNodeVersion}`)}`));
+    console.warn(
+      `Strapi only supports ${bold(
+        green('LTS versions of Node.js')
+      )}, other versions may not be compatible.`
+    );
+  }
 };

packages/generators/app/package.json

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "node-machine-id": "^1.1.10",
     "ora": "^5.4.1",
     "tar": "6.1.11",
+    "semver": "^7.3.4",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "engines": {

packages/generators/generators/lib/templates/ts/plugin-package.json.hbs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12.x.x <=16.x.x",
+    "node": ">=14.19.1 <=16.x.x",
     "npm": ">=6.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {