NW.js v0.99.1 Released with Node.js v23.11.0

2025/05/08

NW 0.99.1 is released with Node 23 update and bug fixes. The next Node v24 update will be released after Chromium 137 upgrade.

In NW v0.99, Chromium 136 contains usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there are also some cool new features to explore. It supports new CSS features, Captured Surface Control API, Fluent scrollbars and much more. Please check upstream release notes for details. For a complete list of all features (including experimental features) in this release, see the Chrome 136 milestone hotlist.

I've made the 0.99 branch ready soon after Chromium beta bumps to 136. Thanks to the testers for their valuable feedback and bug reports. I've been working on 2 branches simultaneously: a released branch on the current Chromium stable and a beta branch on Chromium beta.

Best regards,
Roger Wang

ChangeLog

update to Chromium 136.0.7103.93
Node: update to 23.11.0 and fix running nw as node
Fix: crash opening chrome urls with nw.Window.open (#8250)
Fix: truncated chrome args from package.json on windows (#8219)
Fix: Crash when rendering canvas from Node context (#8223)
Fix: Point Windows taskbar icon to nw.exe (#8253)
[docs] Using specific Node.js for building native modules
[docs] ESM Support in Node

Full ChangeLog: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

Download

SDK build:

Binary for other platforms: https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.99.1/

There are 2 builds for each platform - normal build, and SDK build. Normal build doesn't have devtools, only SDK build does. lt can be opened by pressing F12 (Cmd-Alt-I on OSX). SDK packages also have more development tools to be exposed in the following releases, as well as the NaCl support.

Our build infrastructure enables live binary build from git tip so you can access to the latest binary from https://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/

Discussion

See our mailing list to discuss on this release: https://groups.google.com/g/nwjs-general/c/3Ly6MvDZ4ls/m/8abBhFn_EgAJ