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 Omnivore is written in TypeScript and JavaScript.
 
-- [Node](https://nodejs.org/) -- currently we are using Node.js v14.18
+- [Node](https://nodejs.org/) -- currently we are using Node.js v18.16
 - [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/) -- see below for installation info
 
 ### Running the web and API services