Is nvm still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 3 days ago. Latest release v0.41.0, 3 days ago.

Widely used. 96k stars, 16 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install nvm on Linux (nvm-sh/nvm) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

nvm-sh/nvm

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

Node.js#bash#install#lts#node

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 95,766
Activity: Updated this month
License: MIT
Open issues: 374
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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 3 days ago. Latest release v0.41.0, 3 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used96k stars, 16 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Setup script in the repo

The maintainers included install.sh. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

bash install.sh

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

The README gives a install script install for Linux.

Supported devices from the README: Compatibility Issues

nvm will encounter some issues if you have some non-default settings set. (see #606) The following are known to cause issues:

Inside ~/.npmrc:

prefix='some/path'

Environment Variables:

$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX
$PREFIX

Shell settings:

set -e

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install script

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.41.0/install.sh | bash

Pipes a remote script into your shell. Read it before running.

install script

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.41.0/install.sh | bash

Pipes a remote script into your shell. Read it before running.

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Good to know

Dockerfile available (base image: ubuntu:22.04).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: test/fast/Unit tests/mocks/project_dirs/nested-both/package.json, test/fast/Unit tests/mocks/project_dirs/nested-pkg/package.json, test/fast/Unit tests/mocks/project_dirs/no-nesting-both/package.json, test/fast/Unit tests/mocks/project_dirs/no-nesting-pkg/package.json and 1 more

package.json scripts (17)

testshell=$(basename -- $(ps -o comm= $(ps -o ppid= -p $PPID)) | sed 's/^-//'); make test-$shell
test/fastshell=$(basename -- $(ps -o comm= $(ps -o ppid= -p $PPID)) | sed 's/^-//'); env -i TERM="$TERM" bash -lc "make TEST_SUITE=fast test-$shell"
test/slowshell=$(basename -- $(ps -o comm= $(ps -o ppid= -p $PPID)) | sed 's/^-//'); make TEST_SUITE=slow test-$shell
test/install_scriptshell=$(basename -- $(ps -o comm= $(ps -o ppid= -p $PPID)) | sed 's/^-//'); make TEST_SUITE=install_script test-$shell
test/installationnpm run --silent test/installation/node && npm run --silent test/installation/iojs
test/installation/nodeshell=$(basename -- $(ps -o comm= $(ps -o ppid= -p $PPID)) | sed 's/^-//'); make TEST_SUITE=installation_node test-$shell
test/installation/iojsshell=$(basename -- $(ps -o comm= $(ps -o ppid= -p $PPID)) | sed 's/^-//'); make TEST_SUITE=installation_iojs test-$shell
test/sourcingshell=$(basename -- $(ps -o comm= $(ps -o ppid= -p $PPID)) | sed 's/^-//'); make TEST_SUITE=sourcing test-$shell
test:check-execgit -c core.quotePath=false ls-files test | while IFS= read -r file; do if [ ! -x "$file" ]; then case "$file" in test/fixtures/*|*.json|*.txt|*.sh|*.js|*.log|*.tab|*.gitkeep) ;; *) echo "$file" ;; esac; fi; done | tee /dev/stderr | awk 'END {if (NR > 0) exit 1}'
test:check-nonexec(IFS=$'\n'; for file in $(git ls-files test); do if [ -x "$file" ] && [ ! -d "$file" ] && { [[ "$file" =~ '\.(json|txt|sh|js|log)$' ]] || [[ "$file" =~ '^test/(mocks|fixtures)/.*' ]]; }; then echo "$file"; fi; done) | tee /dev/stderr | awk 'END {if (NR > 0) exit 1}'
doctocdoctoc --title='## Table of Contents' --github README.md
predoctoc:checkcp README.md v-README.md.orig && npm run doctoc
doctoc:checkdiff -q README.md v-README.md.orig
postdoctoc:checkmv v-README.md.orig README.md
eclinteclint check $(git ls-tree --name-only HEAD | xargs)
dockerfile_lintdockerfile_lint
markdown-link-checkgit ls-files | command grep -E '\.md$' | xargs -n 1 markdown-link-check -p

Files we read (12)

.github/workflows/latest-npm.yml

.github/workflows/lint.yml

.github/workflows/nvm-install-test.yml

.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml

.github/workflows/tests-alpine.yml

.github/workflows/tests-fast.yml

.gitmodules

CONTRIBUTING.md

Dockerfile

Makefile

README.md

package.json

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