tonic + npm: semver

var semver = require("semver"); /* 1.0.0 1.0.0-stable 1.0.0-unstable 1.0.0-yolo */ console.log('result 1: ' + semver.gt('1.0.0-stable', '1.0.0-unstable')); //sb true console.log('result 2: ' + semver.gt('1.0.0-yolo', '1.0.0-unstable')); //sb false console.log('result 3: ' + semver.gt('1.0.0-yolo', '1.0.0-stable')); //sb false console.log('result 4: ' + semver.gt('1.0.0-stable', '1.0.0-unstable'));//sb true