From 0fbe3a6776d65c45bad97f19f81e28480c5918bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvain Lesage <severo@rednegra.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:58:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [readme] add background on io.js

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 README.md | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cea020a..00ff162 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -496,7 +496,10 @@ stevemao/left-pad
 
 ### io.js
 
-If you want to install [io.js](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/):
+> [!WARNING]
+> io.js was a [fork of Node.js](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#History), created in 2014 and merged back in 2015. io.js shipped v1, v2, and v3 release lines; post-merge, node.js began releasing with v4.
+
+If you want to install io.js:
 
 ```sh
 nvm install iojs