hokaccha/nodebrew

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1067 stars · 66 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

nodebrew is a Node.js version manager written in Perl that lets users install, compile, switch between, and manage multiple Node.js versions from the command line. It requires no external dependencies beyond Perl and supports aliases, remote version listing, and temporary version execution.

Use cases

• install multiple node.js versions
• switch node version per project
• manage node versions without nvm
• compile node from source with custom options
• set a default node version alias
• run a command with a different node version

When to choose

• you want a lightweight Node version manager with only a Perl dependency
• you need to compile Node from source with custom configure flags
• you prefer a simple single-file tool over nvm's shell integration

When to avoid

• you need active development or recent updates (last release 2022)
• you prefer nvm, fnm, or volta with broader ecosystem support
• you need Windows-native support

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

package-manager cli developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages cli cross-platform nodejs version-manager perl command-line linux macos

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