This is the official V8 fork of Node.js with a recent V8 version.

To build from source, run

git clone https://github.com/v8/node v8-nodecd v8-node./configure --build-v8-with-gnmake -j4 node

Or download the latest build for Ubuntu from this build bot. Select a build, then use the download link.

To check the V8 version in Node, have a look at v8-version.h or run

node -e "console.log(process.versions.v8)"