nvm-sh/nvm

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

Shell95.7k10.6k forks329 open issuesMITlast push 28 Oct 2026View on GitHub

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nvm-sh/nvm has 95.7k stars and gained +151 of them in the last 7 days, a 0.2% change. It is written in Shell, grouped under devtools, released under MIT. A merged pull request waits a median of 7.8 days from opening to merge, measured on 20 pull requests. Last pushed on 28 Oct 2026.

devtools bash install lts node node-js nodejs nvm nvmrc posix posix-compliant+3 more topics

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Period	Stars gained	Growth	From	Measured
Last 6 hours	+7	0.0%	95.7k at 14:26	Intraday snapshots, measured 19:27
Last 12 hours	+11	0.0%	95.7k at 08:49	Intraday snapshots, measured 19:27
Today	+9	0.0%	95.7k on 27 Oct 2026	Daily snapshots
Last 7 days	+151	0.2%	95.5k on 18 Oct 2026	Weekly history
Last 30 days	+618	0.7%	95.1k on 27 Sep 2026	Weekly history
Last year	+8.4k	9.6%	87.3k on 26 Oct 2025	Weekly history

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nvm-sh/nvm

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

Shell95.7k10.6k forks329 open issuesMITlast push 28 Oct 2026View on GitHub

Star count as of 19:27 (BKK).

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Period	Stars gained	Growth	From	Measured
Last 6 hours	+7	0.0%	95.7k at 14:26	Intraday snapshots, measured 19:27
Last 12 hours	+11	0.0%	95.7k at 08:49	Intraday snapshots, measured 19:27
Today	+9	0.0%	95.7k on 27 Oct 2026	Daily snapshots
Last 7 days	+151	0.2%	95.5k on 18 Oct 2026	Weekly history
Last 30 days	+618	0.7%	95.1k on 27 Sep 2026	Weekly history
Last year	+8.4k	9.6%	87.3k on 26 Oct 2025	Weekly history

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Stars today: #1,930top 5% of 42,287 measured today
Shell: #28top 7% of 425
Age: 16.5 yrolder than 99% of the corpus
Watchers / stars: 1.2%median at this size 1.5%
Pull requests: 57busier than 91% of the corpus

45 commits in 28 days · release 37 days ago · #4 on 24h trending

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22 Sep 2026First seen on GitHub Trending · rank 2· 106 days later
30 Sep 2026Entered our index· 8 days later

Stars: 95.2k when it entered our index, 95.7k on the last capture we hold (28 Oct 2026), so +469 in that span. That span is our own measurement window, not a claim about what happened before it.

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We hold 18 mentions for it, the oldest dated 21 Jul 2020 and the first written into our database on 27 Oct 2026. Thread dates come from the source, not from when we fetched them.

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Life is too short for a slow terminalHNcomment · by abejfehr · 8 Jun 2026
This wasn't an option for us because as an org we used their recommended hook (1) to automatically change node versions when switching directories, but it effectively undoes the lazy loading. With mise you get the behaviour of automatically switching when you change directories effectively for free. 1. https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#zsh Edit: unless you aliased it to `node` or `npm`, which would b…
Show HN: Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scriptsHNcomment · by __MatrixMan__ · 29 Jun 2025
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person worried about this. It's a pretty glaring bit of attack surface if you ask me. I chuckled when I saw you used nvm as an example in your readme. I've pestered nvm about this sort of thing in the past ( https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/issues/3349 ). I'm a little uncertain about your threat model though. If you've got an SSL-tampering adversary that can ser…
Mako – fast, production-grade web bundler based on RustHNcomment · by timrichard · 2 Jul 2024
I followed the standard nvm install process, to get it loaded from my .zshrc I noticed a second or two in lag between launching the terminal and getting a shell prompt. Commenting out the nvm load as a test removed the delay. I installed fnm, aliased it to be nvm, and everything is snappy. Also nicer if you use tooling to 'nvm use' when changing into a project directory. There are a few issue thr…
4B If StatementsHNcomment · by Ataraxic · 28 Dec 2023
View their obstinance: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/issues/794 8 years later and despite much support for the `.node-version` file. Someone else started using the .node-version file years ago, and because all open source packages won't form a committee to standardize this file, nvm will not support it. They have a lot of hills. JS Private Properties was another.
The Awk Programming Language, Second EditionHNcomment · by ryenus · 30 Jun 2023
Ah good to know, thank you! Meanwhile I found it, it was the awk from Debian 10 that lacked `length(array)`, see the related nvm pr [1]. [1]: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/pull/2917/

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5 newest of 22 posts found, as of 19:59 (BKK).

Ubuntu 22.04 - can't install nvmRedditby /u/Purple___Flame · 5 Feb 2026
Installing Gnome on Pop OS 24.04Redditby /u/__yoshikage_kira · 31 Dec 2025
NPM install on Mac inside CursorRedditby /u/jacanax · 4 Dec 2025
New dev, how to work with powerlevel10k & themesRedditby /u/BananaFloop · 1 Dec 2025
Need tips on python dependencies + upgrading to Torch 2.5.0Redditby /u/slayercatz · 19 Jan 2025

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