We are happy to announce that cordova-lib@13.0.0 has been released. This is the main library behind the Cordova CLI, handling project and build operations.

• cordova-lib@13.0.0

Release Highlights

The most notable changes in this major release are:

• Updated the library's npm dependencies.
• Increased the Node.js engine requirement to >=20.17.0 || >=22.9.0.
• Dropped support for the cordova serve command.
• Dropped support for the create plugin command.
• Added support for listing available emulators with the cordova emulate <platform> --list command.

Please report any issues you find by following the How to File a Bug guide!

Changes include:

Breaking Changes:

• GH-964 chore(npm)!: bump write-file-atomic@7.0.0
• GH-961 chore!: update dependencies & node requirement
• GH-957 feat!: remove cordova serve command
• GH-955 chore(npm)!: bump various packages
• GH-953 feat(plugman)!: remove create plugin support
• GH-949 chore!: bump node requirement & npm dependencies
• GH-958 chore!: remove deprecated platform data
• GH-959 chore!: remove unused templates

Features:

• GH-952 feat: replace dep-graph dependency w/ custom class

Fixes:

• GH-944 fix(emulator): Support listing emulators with --list

Chores:

• GH-963 chore: update package-lock.json
• GH-960 chore: various updates to the root files
• GH-956 chore(npm): bump @cordova/eslint-config@6.0.0
• GH-946 chore(deps-dev): bump brace-expansion from 1.1.11 to 1.1.12
• GH-939 chore(deps): bump path-to-regexp and express
• GH-937 chore(deps): bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.6
• GH-938 chore(ci): Fix failing dependabot PRs

CI & Others:

• GH-954 ci: various workflow improvements
• GH-950 ci(workflow): update release-audit & license config
• GH-945 ci: Add node 22 and 24 to CI testing matrix
• GH-941 Keep final new line in package.json
• GH-942 Persist relative paths on disk