Add support for Node.js v26 prebuilds and remove EOL builds (#1468)

* Add support for Node.js v26 prebuilds

* Update `mocha` to the latest version

* Add Node v26 to supported engines

Author: m4heshd

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ on:
 
 env:
   # See https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule
-  # Node.js v20 EOL = 2026-04-30. v22 EOL = 2027-04-30. v23 EOL = 2025-06-01. v24 EOL = 2028-04-30. v25 EOL = 2026-06-01.
-  # Node.js 20-24 can build with GCC 10 (bullseye)
-  NODE_BUILD_CMD_LEGACY: npx --no-install prebuild -r node -t 20.0.0 -t 22.0.0 -t 23.0.0 -t 24.0.0 --include-regex 'better_sqlite3.node$'
+  # Node.js v22 EOL = 2027-04-30. v24 EOL = 2028-04-30.
+  # Node.js 22-24 can build with GCC 10 (bullseye)
+  NODE_BUILD_CMD_LEGACY: npx --no-install prebuild -r node -t 22.0.0 -t 24.0.0 --include-regex 'better_sqlite3.node$'
+  # Node.js v25 EOL = 2026-06-01. v26 EOL = TBD.
   # Node.js 25+ requires GCC 11+ for <source_location> header (bookworm)
-  NODE_BUILD_CMD_MODERN: npx --no-install prebuild -r node -t 25.0.0 --include-regex 'better_sqlite3.node$'
+  NODE_BUILD_CMD_MODERN: npx --no-install prebuild -r node -t 25.0.0 -t 26.0.0 --include-regex 'better_sqlite3.node$'
 
   # See https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/electron-timelines#version-support-policy
   # Electron v29 EOL = 2024-08-20. v30 EOL = 2024-10-15. v31 EOL = 2025-01-14. v32 EOL = 2025-03-11. v33 EOL = 2025-05-13. v34 EOL = 2025-06-24. v35 EOL = 2025-09-02. v36 EOL = 2025-10-28. v37 EOL = 2026-01-13. v38 EOL = 2026-03-10.
@@ -40,11 +41,10 @@ jobs:
           - macos-15-intel
           - windows-2022
         node:
-          - 20
           - 22
-          - 23
           - 24
           - 25
+          - 26
     name: Testing Node ${{ matrix.node }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:

package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "deps/**"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": "20.x || 22.x || 23.x || 24.x || 25.x"
+    "node": "20.x || 22.x || 23.x || 24.x || 25.x || 26.x"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "bindings": "^1.5.0",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "chai": "^4.3.8",
     "cli-color": "^2.0.3",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
-    "mocha": "^10.2.0",
+    "mocha": "^11.7.5",
     "nodemark": "^0.3.0",
     "prebuild": "^13.0.1",
     "sqlite": "^5.0.1",