nodenv
Manage multiple NodeJS versions. (by nodenv)
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions (by nvm-sh)
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| nodenv | nvm | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 313 | |
| 2,158 | 75,557 | |
| 1.5% | 2.0% | |
| 3.0 | 7.8 | |
| 28 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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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.
nodenv
Posts with mentions or reviews of nodenv.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-12.
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Guide on Installing Node.js & npm {macOS & Windows}
We recommend installing Node.js using nodenv to manage node versions. This allows your computer to have a specific Node.js version per project.
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Is there a project level way to specify nvm versions and avoid nvm use?
https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv can automatically symlink to the version you need. Or https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf that does the same thing.
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Projen - External Project Types
I will not cover this here. A good option is nodenv. For the purposes of this excersie you need to be on node 14.x - 16.x (not 12.x or 17.x).
- Volta
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How to render responses
Install Node into this directory. Since we'll be using react, Node needs to be version 10.16 or later. It's up to you on how you install Node - I personally like using nodenv to manage my node projects.
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 2024-04-08.
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Software Engineering Workflow
Node.js + Nvm - runtime for javascript without a browser
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Write a schema only absolutely no code backend server with Node.js and Teo!
Install Node.js if it hasn't been installed. There are several ways to install Node.js. You may download the installer from the official website, or install it with tools like NVM. After installation, run this command to verify its installation.
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AI for Web Devs: Deploying Your AI App to Production
Our server also needs Node.js to run our app. We could install the binary directly, but I prefer to use a tool called NVM, which allows us to easily manage Node versions. We can install it with this command:
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How To Set Up Your Coding Environment
By setting up your environment in isolation, you can prevent yourself from a lot of issues when experimenting with code. It makes your code behave more predictable due to the defined state of the runtime environment you are working with. This article should provide you with enough information to get started, but obviously, there is a lot more power embedded in NVM, Virtual Environment and RBEnv. So make sure to check their documentation.
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Effective nodejs version management for the busy developer
I highly recommend setting up nodejs with a version manager, nvm was and still is a popular option, however, I now recommend and have been using fnm, a simpler and faster alternative to manage my nodejs versions.
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A Journey to Find an Ultimate Development Environment
The purpose of a version manager is to help you navigate or install any tools for development easily. Version Manager can be one tool for each dependency (e.g. NVM, g) or One tool for all dependencies (e.g. asdf, mise).
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NVM – Node Version Management
I usually develop on Windows so I installed NVM for Windows from here, but if you’re on other OS I’m sure you can find a version that supports it, probably this is the answer.
- Configurar Solana en Linux
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How to quickly setup NodeJS with NVM
This was a very quick introduction to how I setup NodeJS on my environment using nvm. If you have any questions please refer to the official documentation or contact me via my Social Links.
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"npm can’t be eliminated from the equation when you’re dealing with JavaScript" - True or false?
Source: Can this be used to create/download npm as a standalone executable? #3237.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nodenv and nvm you can also consider the following projects:
nvm for Windows - A node.js version management utility for Windows. Ironically written in Go.
nvs - Node Version Switcher - A cross-platform tool for switching between versions and forks of Node.js
nodeenv - Virtual environment for Node.js & integrator with virtualenv
fnm - 🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
n - Node version management
asdf - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more
corepack - Zero-runtime-dependency package acting as bridge between Node projects and their package managers
asdf-nodejs - Node.js plugin for asdf version manager
volta - Volta: JS Toolchains as Code. ⚡
pyenv - Simple Python version management
SDKMan - The SDKMAN! Command Line Interface