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 ### Requirements
 
+#### Node.js
+
+We suggest using the current [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) LTS version (14.18.0 which includes npm 6.14.15) for development purposes.
+
 #### Build tools
 
 The packages which n8n uses depend on a few build tools: