Download a specific version of Node.js (CLI)
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Download a specific version of Node.js (CLI).
The Node.js release is downloaded, uncompressed and untared to an executable file ready to run.
Fast:
Reliable:
Features include:
.nvmrc
or package.json
(engines.node
field)
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# Download Node.js latest release
$ get-node
/home/user/.cache/nve/16.3.0/x64/bin/node
$ /home/user/.cache/nve/16.3.0/x64/bin/node
Welcome to Node.js v16.3.0.
Type ".help" for more information.
> .exit
# Download a specific Node.js release
$ get-node 8
/home/user/.cache/nve/8.17.0/x64/bin/node
$ /home/user/.cache/nve/8.17.0/x64/bin/node
> process.version
'v8.17.0'
> .exit
# Any version range can be used
$ get-node 8.12.0
$ get-node "<7"
# Download latest Node.js version
$ get-node latest
# Download latest LTS Node.js version
$ get-node lts
# Download Node.js version from `~/.nvmrc` or the current process version
$ get-node global
# Download current directory's Node.js version using its `.nvmrc` or `package.json` (`engines.node` field)
$ get-node local
# Download Node.js version from a specific file like `.nvmrc` or `package.json`
$ get-node /path/to/.nvmrc
# Specify the output directory
$ get-node --output=/home/user/.cache/node_releases/ 8
/home/user/.cache/node_releases/8.17.0/x64/bin/node
$ /home/user/.cache/node_releases/8.17.0/x64/bin/node --version
v8.17.0
# Use a mirror website
$ get-node --mirror=https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node 8
/home/user/.cache/nve/8.17.0/x64/bin/node
# Do not use the cached list of available Node.js versions
$ get-node --fetch
# Always use the cached list of available Node.js versions even if it's more
# than one hour old
$ get-node --no-fetch
# Specify the CPU architecture
$ get-node --arch=s390x 8
/home/user/.cache/nve/8.17.0/s390x/bin/node
npm install -g get-node-cli
node >=18.18.0
must be globally installed. However any Node version can be
downloaded.
To use this programmatically (from Node.js) instead, please check
get-node
.
get-node [OPTIONS] [VERSION]
VERSION
can be:
12
, 12.6.0
<12
latest
: Latest available Node versionlts
: Latest LTS Node versionglobal
: Global Node version
.nvmrc
orpackage.json
(engines.node
field)
local
: Current directory's Node version
.nvmrc
,package.json
(engines.node
field)global
version.nvmrc
,package.json
(engines.node
field)Alias: -o
Type: string
Default: global cache directory
such as /home/user/.cache/nve/
.
Output directory for the node
executable.
It the directory already has a node
executable, no download is performed. This
enables caching.
Alias: -p
Type: boolean
Default: true
Whether to show a progress bar.
Alias: -m
Type: string
Default: https://nodejs.org/dist
Base URL to retrieve Node.js binaries. Can be customized (for example
https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node
).
The following environment variables can also be used: NODE_MIRROR
,
NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR
, N_NODE_MIRROR
or NODIST_NODE_MIRROR
.
Alias: -f
Type: boolean
Default: undefined
The list of available Node.js versions is cached for one hour by default. With:
--fetch
: the cache will not be used--no-fetch
: the cache will be used even if it's older than one hourAlias: -a
Type: string
Default: process.arch
Node.js binary's CPU architecture. This is useful for example when you're on x64 but would like to run Node.js x32.
All the values from
process.arch
are
allowed except mips and mipsel.
Alias: -c
Type: string
Default: process.cwd()
When using the local
alias, start looking for a Node.js version file
from this directory.
get-node
: Like get-node-cli
butnve
: Run a specific Node.js version (CLI)nvexeca
: Run a specific Node.js versionpreferred-node-version
:node-version-alias
: Resolvelatest
, lts
or erbium
normalize-node-version
:all-node-versions
: List allfetch-node-website
: Fetchglobal-cache-dir
: Get theFor any question, don't hesitate to submit an issue on GitHub.
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