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Volta: JS Toolchains as Code. ⚡ (by volta-cli)
nvs
Node Version Switcher - A cross-platform tool for switching between versions and forks of Node.js (by jasongin)
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| volta | nvs | |
|---|---|---|
| 84 | 10 | |
| 9,936 | 2,604 | |
| 3.6% | - | |
| 9.1 | 5.4 | |
| 3 days ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Rust | JavaScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
volta
Posts with mentions or reviews of volta.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-25.
- Volta – Fastest Node version manager in Rust
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Faster Postgres Queries with Cloudflare Hyperdrive and Neon
Your local machine should have Node.js and npm installed. Wrangler CLI requires a Node version of 16.13.0 or later to avoid permission issues.
- The Hassle-Free JavaScript Tool Manager
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You should be using rtx
For node version management, I highly recommend Volta (not affiliated) - https://volta.sh
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Volta and NW.js are amazing together
Go to https://volta.sh and install Volta
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What's New in Node.js 21
Alternatively, a better way to manage Node.js releases on your machine is to use an environment management tool like Volta that can install and switch between multiple versions seamlessly.
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Best practices for HarperDB projects using TypeScript
To use TypeScript you need Node.js installed, be sure to use the latest LTS version. You can check it by running node -v in your terminal. If you don't have it installed, you can download it here, or use a version manager like asdf, nvm, or even volta.
- Volta – The Hassle-Free JavaScript Tool Manager
- Volta: The Hassle-Free JavaScript Tool Manager
- INSTALLATION
nvs
Posts with mentions or reviews of nvs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-16.
- Pot folosi linux de pe USB pe laptopul de munca?
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Awful Upgrade Experience: Use node 11, wants node 14. Use node 14, wants node 11
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.
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3 Useful Node.js Version Managers
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.
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Which Node.js manager do you use on?
nvs
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How to get out of version and package hell?
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.
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installing older versions of node
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.
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NVM is completely broken, how can I fix it?
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.
- 極簡 nvm 使用指南
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Easy Way to Install Multiple Version of Node JS
Download the NVS msi file here (windows installer), then install it the same way as you install other windows applications.
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What Version Manager do you use?
nvs has been working pretty flawlessly for me.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing volta and nvs you can also consider the following projects:
fnm - 🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
nvm for Windows - A node.js version management utility for Windows. Ironically written in Go.
asdf - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more
nvm - Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
n - Node version management
nushell - A new type of shell