@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ The official Node.js docker image, made with love by the node community.
2222 - [ npm run] ( #npm-run )
2323- [ Image Variants] ( #image-variants )
2424 - [ ` node:<version> ` ] ( #nodeversion )
25+ - [ ` node:lts ` ] ( #nodelts )
2526 - [ ` node:alpine ` ] ( #nodealpine )
2627 - [ ` node:bullseye ` ] ( #nodebullseye )
2728 - [ ` node:bookworm ` ] ( #nodebookworm )
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ The legacy package manager
160161is included in ` node ` images with Node.js 25 and below. See
161162[ Yarn v1 Classic bundling] ( #yarn-v1-classic-bundling ) for details.
162163
164+ View the list of currently supported floating and pinned tags on [ Docker Hub] ( https://hub.docker.com/_/node ) .
165+
163166### ` node:<version> `
164167
165168This is the defacto image. If you are unsure about what your needs are, you
@@ -172,6 +175,11 @@ on their system. It, by design, has a large number of extremely common Debian
172175packages. This reduces the number of packages that images that derive from it
173176need to install, thus reducing the overall size of all images on your system.
174177
178+ ### ` node:lts `
179+
180+ This is a special form of ` node:<version> ` that selects the
181+ Active Long Term Support version of Node.js. See also [ Long Term Support] ( #long-term-support-lts ) below for more detail.
182+
175183### ` node:alpine `
176184
177185This image is based on the popular
@@ -239,14 +247,13 @@ Production applications should only use Active LTS or Maintenance LTS releases.
239247Refer to [ Node.js Releases] ( https://github.com/nodejs/release#readme ) for a description
240248of release phases and schedule.
241249
242- If no version selection is made in a tag, then the Current release is selected.
250+ If no version selection is made in a tag, for example, ` node:slim ` ,
251+ then the Current release is selected.
243252` node ` images using the Active LTS release are published with an ` lts ` floating tag
244253to aid their selection. ` node:lts ` can be used on its own, or in combination with other tags
245254such as ` node:lts-slim ` . To select a ` node ` image based on a Maintenance LTS version
246255use the literal node version in the tag.
247256
248- View the list of currently supported floating and pinned tags on [ Docker Hub] ( https://hub.docker.com/_/node ) .
249-
250257## Release Availability
251258
252259This repo automatically triggers a process to build new ` node ` images when Node.js releases
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