--- title: "N-API becomes Node-API" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 389 published_at: "2021-05-20" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/389" --- Plus Node 16.2, how to set up Node-RED, and Adonis v5. | #​389 — May 20, 2021 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/389) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/jwm0kwwgukgdoswm9bal.jpg)](https://docs.adonisjs.com/releases/out-of-preview) [Adonis v5 Now Out of Preview plus a New Site and Docs](https://docs.adonisjs.com/releases/out-of-preview) — [Adonis](https://adonisjs.com/) is a full featured Node web framework which [compares itself](https://adonisjs.com/adonisjs-at-a-glance) to Rails, Laravel and Django in terms of scope. v5 brings easier social authentication support and improved asset management, amongst other things. v4 is now considered a ‘legacy’ release. 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