@@ -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 )
@@ -172,6 +173,11 @@ on their system. It, by design, has a large number of extremely common Debian
172173packages. This reduces the number of packages that images that derive from it
173174need to install, thus reducing the overall size of all images on your system.
174175
176+ ### ` node:lts `
177+
178+ This is a special form of ` node:<version> ` that selects the
179+ Active Long Term Support version of Node.js. See also [ Long Term Support] ( #long-term-support-lts ) below for more detail.
180+
175181### ` node:alpine `
176182
177183This image is based on the popular
@@ -239,7 +245,8 @@ Production applications should only use Active LTS or Maintenance LTS releases.
239245Refer to [ Node.js Releases] ( https://github.com/nodejs/release#readme ) for a description
240246of release phases and schedule.
241247
242- If no version selection is made in a tag, then the Current release is selected.
248+ If no version selection is made in a tag, for example, ` node:slim ` ,
249+ then the Current release is selected.
243250` node ` images using the Active LTS release are published with an ` lts ` floating tag
244251to aid their selection. ` node:lts ` can be used on its own, or in combination with other tags
245252such as ` node:lts-slim ` . To select a ` node ` image based on a Maintenance LTS version
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