I am trying to install NodeJS on the new Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, but I wasn’t able to find a installer for ARM Macs.
The standard installation will run in Intel emulation mode, but I saw they already have an ARM Linux version which I assume is not suitable for M1 Macs.
Is it already possible to install Node.JS on a ARM Mac without having it run in emulation mode?
Kenil Vasani
The primary Node.JS repository has Issue #2747, which was updated yesterday with a note that current versions of Node compile just fine with no modifications required via Rosetta 2. The same post indicated that there was still in-flight “work to be done” to compile Node to an M1-native binary to unlock additional performance benefits.
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