nvm VS nvs

Let’s get it running locally first. You should have Node installed (you may also use nvm or docker).

Make sure you have node installed. If not, I recommend installing via nvm(Node Version Manager)

I was welcomed with an error that it couldn’t find npx command, which makes sense - I’m using NVM to manage node.

Reference: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm?tab=readme-ov-file#installing-and-updating

If your Node.js version is below version 21, upgrade to the latest version. You can download the latest version directly from the official Node.js website or use a version manager like nvm (Node Version Manager). For example, you can use NVM to list all available versions of Node.js by running the following command:

Managing Node.js versions can be challenging, especially when different projects require different Node.js versions. Directly installing Node.js globally can lead to conflicts and broken projects. NVM solves this by providing isolated Node.js environments for each project.

Node Version Manager, or NVM, is a tool that helps manage Node versions and is a convenient way to install Node. Like npm or Yarn help manage Node packages, NVM specializes in Node.js version management, enhancing development flexibility and environment control.

If you don't already have Node.js 22.x, install it using nvm:

Official NVS Documentation — instructions for installing, configuring, and using NVS.

git clone https://github.com/jasongin/nvs "$NVS_HOME" . "$NVS_HOME/nvs.sh" install

While we have nvm for Linux and MacOS, and an unaffiliated nvm-windows version manager, the recommended version manager for Windows is nvs, it is cross-platform and can be used on Linux and MacOS, but on these systems the most common is nvm.

There is also node version switcher (nvs) https://github.com/jasongin/nvs which I found better then nvm if you dont want to go the full wsl route.

nvm can only be used in projects for macOS and Linux users. If you are Windows users, you can use nvm-windows, nodist or nvs.

nvs

Its been awhile since I have used nvm I switched to using this https://github.com/jasongin/nvs and haven't really had many issues with needing to reinstall packages when switching between node version.

I use nvs (https://github.com/jasongin/nvs). I'm sure nvm is good too, but I really like the menu you get when you run it without any arguments.. Also nvs has a Windows version, whereas nvm is POSIX OSes only.

I've run export NVS_HOME="$HOME/.nvs" and git clone https://github.com/jasongin/nvs "$NVS_HOME" but am running into problem when trying to run . "$NVS_HOME/nvs.sh" install.