How I Manage Node & Package Manager Versions in 2025

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  1. nvm

    Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions

    In the past I've used nvm, n, volta, corepack, nodeenv. While they all have their own strength, I converged to using proto as the tool of choice.

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  3. volta

    Volta: JS Toolchains as Code. ⚡

    In the past I've used nvm, n, volta, corepack, nodeenv. While they all have their own strength, I converged to using proto as the tool of choice.

  4. n

    Node version management

    In the past I've used nvm, n, volta, corepack, nodeenv. While they all have their own strength, I converged to using proto as the tool of choice.

  5. pnpm

    Fast, disk space efficient package manager

    My stack of choice is node and pnpm, but this should work for most commonly used tools.

  6. corepack

    Zero-runtime-dependency package acting as bridge between Node projects and their package managers

    In the past I've used nvm, n, volta, corepack, nodeenv. While they all have their own strength, I converged to using proto as the tool of choice.

  7. nodeenv

    Virtual environment for Node.js & integrator with virtualenv

    In the past I've used nvm, n, volta, corepack, nodeenv. While they all have their own strength, I converged to using proto as the tool of choice.

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