# Deno 2.0 Highlights Deno 2.0 is a major update to the platform. It will be launched with a livestream on its [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/@deno_land) and on https://deno.com/2 at **9 AM PT, Wednesday, October 9, 2024**. The biggest updates include: * Full backwards Node.js/npm compatibility * Private npm registries * Monorepo and workspaces (including support for npm workspaces) * Long-term Support (LTS) for enterprises * [JSR](https://jsr.io/) - a superset of npm offering the first TypeScript-native registry * For package authors * No pre-publish transpilation step required ([side-by-side comparison](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzycAeRdOSM)) * Automatic type definition (.d.ts) generation for users installing with npm * Automatic [documentation generation](https://deno.com/blog/document-javascript-package#why-jsdoc) * Zero-config [publishing](https://jsr.io/docs/publishing-packages#publishing-from-github-actions) from GitHub Actions * For package users (using Deno LSP) * Clicking on a symbol goes directly to the non-transpiled, non-minified, readable TypeScript source code definition * Tooltips show auto-generated documentation from source code and JSDoc * Works in variety of environments and runtimes * The Deno Standard Library * Stabilized at v1 * Built from the ground up with async/await, ESM, and TypeScript * Significantly reduces dependencies on third party libraries (analogous to recent updates to Go Standard Library), with extensive support for web-related use cases, data transformation, manipulation, JavaScript-specific utilities, etc. <table> <tr> <td> Node/npm library </td> <td> Deno Standard Library equivalent module </td> </tr> <tr> <td> jest, vitest, mocha </td> <td> @std/testing </td> </tr> <tr> <td> chai </td> <td> @std/expect </td> </tr> <tr> <td> chalk </td> <td> @std/fmt </td> </tr> <tr> <td> lodash </td> <td> @std/collections </td> </tr> <tr> <td> minimist </td> <td> @std/cli </td> </tr> </table> * See this epic [tweet thread](https://x.com/deno_land/status/1826406094287368293) for more highlights.