Clarify that Node.js v16 will also work

2022-02-16 17:11:09 -06:00 · 2022-02-16 17:11:09 -06:00 · 8482c1b667
parent 8160b6d928
commit 8482c1b667
2 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ the maintenance burden of supporting more event types in Hydrogen.

 ## Prerequisites

- Node.js v17
-  - We only need v17 because it includes `require('crypto').webcrypto`
+- Node.js v16
+  - We only need v16 because it includes [`require('crypto').webcrypto.subtle`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v16.x/api/webcrypto.html#cryptosubtle) for [Matrix encryption (olm) which can't be disabled in Hydrogen](https://github.com/vector-im/hydrogen-web/issues/579) yet.
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "prettier": "prettier"
  },
  "engines" : { 
-    "node" : ">=17.0.0" 
+    "node" : ">=16.0.0" 
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "eslint": "^8.8.0",