Platforms - Xano SDK

Node.js

@xano/sdk needs Node.js 20 or later ("engines": { "node": ">=20" }). The CLI and the authoring API run wherever Node does, including Windows and Intel Macs.

node --version

Xano Engine

The Xano Engine ships a build for three platforms:

Platform	Operating system and CPU
`darwin-arm64`	macOS on Apple silicon
`linux-x64`	Linux on x64
`linux-arm64`	Linux on arm64

There is no Engine build for Windows or Intel Macs. On those machines a deploy to the Engine is refused before anything compiles. Deploy to an ephemeral in Xano’s cloud instead, which needs a Xano account:

npm run xano:deploy:ephemeral

Everything else works the same: export, test, releases, promote and tenant deploys. See where the Engine differs today.

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Run the backend on your machine: The Xano Engine.
No Engine build for your machine: Ephemerals.