fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust (by Schniz)
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions (by nvm-sh)
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| fnm | nvm | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 258 | |
| 10,181 | 64,263 | |
| - | 1.2% | |
| 9.3 | 8.2 | |
| about 12 hours ago | 6 days ago | |
| Rust | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
fnm
Posts with mentions or reviews of fnm.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-26.
- Is Pop!_OS aiming to be an immutable OS?
- How to Install Multiple Node.js Versions On the Same Machine
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I eventually stopped using a plugin manager
https://github.com/Schniz/fnm works pretty well with fish, btw. The main drawback is that it doesn't have a command to automatically install your global npm packages from the last version. But it is not too hard to make your own.
- zsh plugin for lazy loading nvm (no more lags)
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Linux: Best way to install node & npm
or, just use nvm (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) or fnm (https://github.com/Schniz/fnm). fnm is nice because it does not lag shell startup as much as nvm. these latter two options may be better for dev than production, just since it is mostly installed to your local environment
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How to improve startup time?
Related to this, I have been using fnm as a drop-in replacement for nvm for years, possibly 44x times faster but can't vouch for the benchmark :)
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Why my ZSH take too much time to load?
I agree with trying to lazyload these libs. Another helpful tip is I switched from nvm to fnm maybe half a dozen years ago and it is so much faster, I even alias nvm="fnm" and I am not someone that switches to rust things because "rust".
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Introduction to Execution Machine (EXM) - Permanent Serverless Functions
Node.js installed on your machine. I recommend installing Node.js either via NVM or FNM
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Asdf – the language tool version manager
This looks really promising. I love seeing these tools written in languages other than the thing they're targeting.
As an example I use fnm (https://github.com/Schniz/fnm) for managing JavaScript versions. It runs so fast (compared to nvm) I'm inclined to think something went wrong and it silently failed, but it never does!
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Language Version Managers - the Developer Parachutes
In the Node world, there are a few options like NVM, N, FNM, Volta, and more. I've been a longtime user of NVM, so we'll detail those instructions for use here:
nvm
Posts with mentions or reviews of nvm.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-02.
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Getting Started with Fast-Api 🏎️ and Docker🐳
Node.js and NPM installed on your system (if you want to create a Vue frontend). Nvm is recommended.
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[I - IOTA Development]: Preparar el entorno
Instalación de Node Version Manager (NVM)
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Build a Node.js Payment Gateway with Rapyd
Note that for the purpose of this tutorial, I’m using node version 16.13.0 and npm version 8.1.0. You can make use of Node Version Manager (NVM) to manage and use this exact version of node and npm. Follow this guide for a step-by-step tutorial on how to use NVM.
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An efficient way to build your serverless microservices. Part 1. Local Development.
NodeJS - recommended way to install is nvm
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How to Install Multiple Node.js Versions On the Same Machine
Check Node Version Manager, such as https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
There are multiple issues about this topic https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/issues/2724
- Why is the JavaScript ecosystem like this
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Load Balancing avec HAProxy, Nomad et Consul …
GitHub - nvm-sh/nvm: Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
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Flatpaks 🥰
I don't know if you tried it already, but there's nvm for that (or Volta if we're being blazingly fast 🚀🚀🚀)
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Getting Node to work in VSCode integrated terminal
Install nvm: curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.2/install.sh | bash
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fnm and nvm you can also consider the following projects:
asdf - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more
volta - Volta: JS Toolchains as Code. ⚡
nvs - Node Version Switcher - A cross-platform tool for switching between versions and forks of Node.js
corepack - Zero-runtime-dependency package acting as bridge between Node projects and their package managers
SDKMan - The SDKMAN! Command Line Interface
nvm for Windows - A node.js version management utility for Windows. Ironically written in Go.
nodist - Natural node.js and npm version manager for windows.
n - Node version management
docker-node - Official Docker Image for Node.js :whale: :turtle: :rocket:
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)