nvm-sh/nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions.
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nvm allows you to quickly install and use different versions of node via the command line. Example: Simple as that! nvm is a version manager for node.js, designed to be installed per-user, and invoked per-shell. nvm works on any POSIX-compliant shell (sh, dash, ksh, zsh, bash), in particular on these platforms: unix, macOS, and Windows WSL. To install or update nvm, you should run the install script. To do that, you may either download and run the script manually, or use the following cURL or Wget command: Running either of the above commands downloads a script and runs it. The script clones the nvm repository to /.nvm, and attempts to add the source lines from the snippet below to the correct profile file (/.bashrc, /.bashprofile, /.zshrc, or /.profile). If you find the install script is updating the wrong profile file, set the $PROFILE env var to the profile file’s path,…
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- Node Version Manager [][3] [][4] [](https://bestpractices.dev/projects/684)
- Table of Contents
- Intro
- About
- Installing and Updating
- Install & Update Script
- Additional Notes
- Installing in Docker
- Installing in Docker for CICD-Jobs
- Troubleshooting on Linux
- Troubleshooting on macOS
- Ansible
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What this repository does
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions.
Repository facts
- Owner
- nvm-sh
- Primary language
- Shell
- Stars
- 95,364
- Forks
- 10,506
- Open issues + pull requests
- 380
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- master
- Created
- 2010-04-15T17:47:47.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-10T04:34:41.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: bash, install, lts, node, node-js, nodejs, nvm, nvmrc, posix, posix-compliant, shell, version-manager, zsh
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