--- title: "Express 5 now in beta" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 425 published_at: "2022-02-17" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/425" --- Plus start playing with the Fetch API in Node, and the OpenJS Foundation takes over the Node trademarks. | #​425 — February 17, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/425) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/da3rje1u5mu8oosoipeg.jpg)](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/5.0/History.md) [Express.js 5.0 Now in Beta](https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/5.0/History.md) — Considering that the first _alpha_ of 5.0 was over _seven_ years ago, this is a big step for the still wildly popular Web app library. There’s also [thorough docs of the 5.x API here](https://expressjs.com/en/5x/api.html). 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