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See these repos for Node.js versions 14, 16, and 18 that will run on Win7+

https://github.com/Alex313031/node14-win7/releases
https://github.com/Alex313031/node16-win7/releases
https://github.com/Alex313031/node18-win7/releases

Installing all of these, as well as NASM and WiX (both of which still support Win7 so no need to put them here), onto a decently powerful computer will turn your machine into a development powerhouse! A large portion of software that "doesn't support" building on Windows 7 can be built using these. You can even build some software that is new enough that it won't run on Win7, despite being built on it.

Software that has been built and tested using these tools on a Win7 haswell workstation: Many pip packages, many Electron projects (including all of the ones I maintain), many Node network stacks, alot of C++ software, Firefox ESR 115, 7-Zip, Rufus, and Notepad++, as well as building Python3 and Nodejs themselves, meaning those two are now self-hosting on Win7.

Notably, some things you can't build are: Chromium (needs MSVS 2022 with latest 22621 Win11 SDK), Node 20 (requires alot more patching), and projects using QT5 or GTK 4 (like QBittorrent).

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