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+layout: post
+author:
+    name: Bryan Ellis
+title:  "Tools Released!"
+categories: news
+tags: release tools
+---
+
+We are happy to announce that we have just released an update to our tools!
+
+* [cordova-app-hello-world@4.0.0](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-app-hello-world)
+* [cordova-fetch@2.0.0](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-fetch)
+* [cordova-js@5.0.0](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-js)
+* [cordova-serve@3.0.0](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cordova-serve)
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+As NodeJS 4.x support has been dropped by the NodeJS team on April 30th, 2018, we have raised the minimum required NodeJS version for this release to 6.x.
+
+Please report any issues you find at [issues.cordova.io](http://issues.cordova.io/)!
+
+<!--more-->
+# Changes include:
+
+
+## cordova-app-hello-world
+
+* [GH-24](https://github.com/apache/cordova-app-hello-world/pull/24) Absorb cordova-template-reference 
+* Slight CSS modernization & use system fonts
+* [CB-12886](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12886): Fix for safe-area handling on iOS 11+
+* [CB-14098](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14098): Remove unused res folder
+* [CB-12397](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12397): fix .gitignore for plugins & platforms
+* [CB-12762](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12762): point package.json repo items to github instead of apache mirrors site
+
+## cordova-fetch
+
+* [GH-56](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/56) Bump dependency cordova-common@3 and fs-extra@7
+* [GH-48](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/48) Added test coverage
+* [GH-49](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/49) Drop Q usage for native promises
+* [GH-50](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/50) Handle broken `NODE_PATH` setups gracefully
+* [GH-44](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/44) Look for node_modules in any recursive parent directory
+* [GH-26](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/26) [CB-14173](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14173): Fix cordova `<platform|plugin> add --link`
+* [GH-24](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/24) [CB-14133](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14133): Avoid fetching already installed packages
+* [GH-23](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/23) [CB-14140](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14140): Remove shelljs
+* [GH-18](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/18) Simplify installation location retrieval
+* [GH-22](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/22) Handle missing options
+* [GH-21](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/21) [CB-14066](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14066): Drop support for Node 4
+* [CB-13503](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13503): fix trimID bug when using `file:path/to/plugin`
+* [GH-12](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/pull/12) Enabling support for git+http
+
+## cordova-js
+
+* [GH-168](https://github.com/apache/cordova-js/pull/168) [CB-14071](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14071): Drop Node 4 Support
+* [GH-162](https://github.com/apache/cordova-js/pull/162) [CB-14156](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14156): Remove Browserify
+* [GH-175](https://github.com/apache/cordova-js/pull/175) Remove support for deprecated platforms, unused dependency (express) and unused tasks
+
+## cordova-serve
+
+* [GH-14](https://github.com/apache/cordova-serve/pull/14) [CB-14198](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14198): (all) Fix bug when running `simulate --target=` under non-US Windows 10
+* [GH-15](https://github.com/apache/cordova-serve/pull/15) Don't restore mocked resource prior to resolution
+* [GH-13](https://github.com/apache/cordova-serve/pull/13) Dependency updates & replacing shelljs with which
+* [GH-12](https://github.com/apache/cordova-serve/pull/12) [CB-14069](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14069): Drop Node 4, Add Node 10 Support
+* [GH-10](https://github.com/apache/cordova-serve/pull/10) [CB-14191](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14191): (android) Fix bug with module requiring