# nvm

POSIX shell script that installs and switches between multiple Node.js versions for one user.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nvm/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
- docs: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jordan Harband
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2010
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: unknown
- runtime: unknown
- 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: install script (curl or wget)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 95715
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 399
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://api.github.com/users/ljharb (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/tag/v0.40.8 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/tag/v0.40.8 (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/nvm-sh/nvm/commits/v0.0.1 (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/graphs/contributors (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

nvm is a version manager for Node.js. It is designed to be installed per user and invoked per shell, and the README describes an install script and a git install. The README is the project's documentation.

## Worth knowing

nvm runs in the user's own shell and is not a server process. The README says it works on POSIX-compliant shells on unix, macOS and Windows WSL, and that Homebrew installation and the Fish shell are not supported.

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