Alternatives to fnm
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. fnm itself: install fnm.
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
tinysearch
🔍 Tiny, full-text search engine for static websites built with Rust and Wasm
Node Version Switcher
Node Version Switcher - A cross-platform tool for switching between versions and forks of Node.js
Zedis
Zedis: A blazing-fast, native Redis GUI built with Rust and GPUI
dotter
A dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀
cargo-geiger
Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies
sofka
A Kubernetes TUI, reimagined in Rust - built on kube-rs and ratatui, async-first from the ground up
llnode
An lldb plugin for Node.js and V8, which enables inspection of JavaScript states for insights into Node.js processes and their core dumps
Ajour
A World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
pyenv
Simple Python version management
gitoxide
An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
ncc
Compile a Node.js project into a single file. Supports TypeScript, binary addons, dynamic requires
lefthook
Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of projects
autocannon
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
gopass
The slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams
blake3
the official Rust and C implementations of the BLAKE3 cryptographic hash function
cargo-flamegraph
Easy flamegraphs for Rust projects and everything else, without Perl or pipes <3
shimmy
⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than fnm — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
fnm is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.