The software package nvm is the Node Version Manager. It is helpful when you may be working on various code bases, each of which may require a different version of node to work properly.

It allows you to have various versions of node loaded on your system, and switch among them seamlessly.

Documentation

• The README for the GitHub repo for nvm is a good place to start

Installing

• For MacOS, you can use brew install nvm, or refer to the nvm website where you will find [installation instructions] (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#install–update-script) and a section on troubleshooting for MacOS
• For Linux, refer to the nvm website where you will find [installation instructions] (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#install–update-script) and a section on [troubleshooting for Linux](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#troubleshooting-on-macos
• Since there is no section on troubleshooting for Windows, we suggest using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and then follow the instructions for Linux above.
• For folks working in Github Codespaces, you do not need nvm since you can specify a specific version of node in the Dockerfile that you use to set up the codespace.

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