# asdf

Command-line version manager for language runtimes and developer tools, configured per project in a .tool-versions file.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/asdf/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://asdf-vm.com/
- repository: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
- docs: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Akash Manohar J
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: homebrew

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 25610
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 267
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://asdf-vm.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://asdf-vm.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://asdf-vm.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf/git/refs/tags/v0.1.0 (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/asdf-vm/asdf/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

asdf is a command-line version manager for language runtimes and developer tools, written in Go. Each project lists its tool versions in a .tool-versions file, and asdf also reads .nvmrc, .node-version and .ruby-version files for a smoother migration. Plugins add support for individual runtimes such as Ruby, Node.js and Elixir. It is installed on the developer's machine through Homebrew, Zypper, the Arch User Repository, a pre-compiled binary, go install or git clone, and the project provides a GitHub Action that installs the same .tool-versions file in CI.

## Worth knowing

The getting-started page says asdf primarily requires git, and its dependency lists also name bash.

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