This feature landed in Node 14.13.1
[EDIT] in 14.180+ this syntax can also be used with require().
https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#node-imports
https://2ality.com/2021/12/node-protocol-imports.html
nodejs/node#38343
nodejs/node#37246
nodejs/node#35387
Among other things, this is in support of "a more extensive standard library in JavaScript" that will eventually be put into the node: namespace and allows the re-use of existing NPM package names without conflicts.
https://github.com/tc39/proposal-built-in-modules
This feature landed in Node 14.13.1
[EDIT] in 14.180+ this syntax can also be used with
require().https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#node-imports
https://2ality.com/2021/12/node-protocol-imports.html
nodejs/node#38343
nodejs/node#37246
nodejs/node#35387
Among other things, this is in support of "a more extensive standard library in JavaScript" that will eventually be put into the
node:namespace and allows the re-use of existing NPM package names without conflicts.https://github.com/tc39/proposal-built-in-modules