heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs resource
Heroku's classic buildpack for Node.js apps observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4
- age_days: 5586
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 14
Adoption not part of the score
1346 stars · 2611 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Heroku's official classic buildpack for building and deploying Node.js applications on the Heroku platform. It detects a package., selects npm, Yarn, or pnpm based on the lockfile, and installs the configured Node.js version.
Use cases
- deploy a node.js app to heroku
- build node app with npm ci on heroku
- use pnpm or yarn on heroku
- pin node version via engines field in package.
- heroku buildpack for nodejs monorepo
When to choose
- deploying Node.js apps to Heroku's classic Cedar generation
- you want automatic Node.js version and package manager detection
- you need a maintained, officially supported buildpack
When to avoid
- deploying with Docker or to the newer Fir generation of Heroku
- running Node.js outside Heroku or on other PaaS platforms
- you need a cloud-native buildpack or multi-language build pipeline
Facets
infra-config · maturity stable
deployment build-tool developer-tools web-development cloud-computing developer-tools cloud heroku buildpack nodejs npm yarn pnpm paas devops linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8b5b9c008ba5
- homepage: https://devcenter.heroku.com/categories/nodejs-support · fetched 2026-08-29 · e09712f12944
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8b928217ca37
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-rails6 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 453bf0da384b
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-ruby · fetched 2026-08-29 · 88312ad1ccd1
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3819bac75b9c
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-java · fetched 2026-08-29 · dc7790cb59cd
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-php · fetched 2026-08-29 · e2e31417b3cf
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/categories/reference · fetched 2026-08-29 · b8184340bb0d
- site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 503d43abd007
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs | main | 99 |
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