---
date: '2011-07-22T18:40:22.000Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 0.5.2
layout: blog-post
author: Ryan Dahl
---

2011.07.22, Version 0.5.2 (unstable)

- libuv improvements; named pipe support
- #1242 check for SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods() (Ben Noordhuis)
- #1348 remove require.paths (isaacs)
- #1349 Delimit NODE_PATH with ; on Windows (isaacs)
- #1335 Remove EventEmitter from C++
- #1357 Load json files with require() (isaacs)
- #1374 fix setting ServerResponse.statusCode in writeHead (Trent Mick)
- Fixed: GC was being run too often.
- Upgrade V8 to 3.4.14
- doc improvements

Download: [https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/node-v0.5.2.tar.gz](https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/node-v0.5.2.tar.gz)

Windows Executable: [https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/node.exe](https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/node.exe)

Website: [https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/docs/](https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/docs/)

Documentation: [https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/docs/api/](https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.2/docs/api/)
