nvm: stats, trends and alternatives

jdx/mise

Polyglot tool-version manager, env loader and task runner; a fast asdf replacement in Rust.

Schniz/fnm

Fast, cross-platform Node.js version manager written in Rust with .nvmrc support.

pyenv/pyenv

Simple Python version management via shims; uv's built-in Python installs now cover many cases.

rust-lang/rustup

The official Rust toolchain installer and manager for compilers, components and targets.

sdkman/sdkman-cli

Manages parallel versions of JDKs and JVM tools such as Gradle, Maven and Kotlin.

asdf-vm/asdf

Plugin-based multi-language version manager, rewritten in Go in v0.16.

moonrepo/proto

Pluggable, Rust-based multi-language toolchain manager from the moonrepo team.

rbenv/rbenv

Lightweight Ruby version manager using shims.

volta-cli/volta

Rust-based JS toolchain manager declared unmaintained in late 2025; maintainers recommend mise.

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