zsh-nvm

Zsh plugin for installing, updating and loading nvm

nvm is an awesome tool but it can be kind of a pain to install and keep up to date. This zsh plugin allows you to quickly setup nvm once, save it in your dotfiles, then never worry about it again.

The plugin will install the latest stable release of nvm if you don't already have it, and then automatically source it for you. You can upgrade nvm to the latest version whenever you want without losing your installed node versions by running nvm upgrade.

Although this is written as a zsh plugin, it also works with bash if you follow the manual installation instructions.

Usage

Once the plugin's installed nvm will be available. You'll probably want to load this as one of your first plugins so node/npm is available for any other plugins that may require them.

If you want to update nvm:

% nvm upgrade
Installed version is v0.31.1
Checking latest version of nvm...
Updating to v0.31.2...
Previous HEAD position was ec2f450... v0.31.1
HEAD is now at 9f5322e... v0.31.2

Installation

Using Antigen

Bundle zsh-nvm in your .zshrc

antigen bundle lukechilds/zsh-nvm

Using zplug

Load zsh-nvm as a plugin in your .zshrc

zplug "lukechilds/zsh-nvm"

Using zgen

Include the load command in your .zshrc

zgen load lukechilds/zsh-nvm

As an Oh My ZSH! custom plugin

Clone zsh-nvm into your custom plugins repo

git clone https://github.com/lukechilds/zsh-nvm ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-nvm

Then load as a plugin in your .zshrc

plugins+=(zsh-nvm)

Manually

Clone this repository somewhere (~/.zsh-nvm for example)

git clone https://github.com/lukechilds/zsh-nvm.git ~/.zsh-nvm

Then source it in your .zshrc (or .bashrc)

source ~/.zsh-nvm/zsh-nvm.plugin.zsh

Related

• zsh-better-npm-completion - Better completion for npm

License

MIT © Luke Childs