Getting Started

Installing Homebrew for macOS

Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS. To install Homebrew, run the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Node.js

Fast Node Manager (fnm)

Fast Node Manager (fnm) is a simple and fast Node.js version manager.

Demo of fnm

Installing fnm

To install fnm with Homebrew, run the following command:

brew install fnm

Now, add the following lines to your ~/.zshrc file:

eval "$(fnm env --use-on-cd --shell zsh)"

Commands

To see a list of all commands for fnm, use:

fnm help

Command	Description
`fnm list-remote`	List all remote Node.js versions [aliases: ls-remote]
`fnm list`	List all locally installed Node.js versions [aliases: ls]
`fnm install <version>`	Install a Node.js version [aliases: i]
`fnm install --lts`	Install the latest stable version of Node.js [aliases: i]
`fnm use <version>`	Change Node.js version
`fnm default <version>`	Set a version as the default version
`fnm current`	Print the current Node.js version
`fnm uninstall <version>`	Uninstall a Node.js version [aliases: uni]
`fnm help`	Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

To check the installed Node.js version, run the following command:

node --version

Official Node.js Installer

Alternatively, you can download the official Node.js installer from the Node.js website.

Bun

Bun is a fast, incrementally adoptable all-in-one JavaScript, TypeScript & JSX toolkit. Use individual tools like bun test or bun install in Node.js projects, or adopt the complete stack with a fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager built in. Bun aims for 100% Node.js compatibility.

Installing Bun

To install Bun run the following command:

curl
homebrew

curl -fsSL https://bun.com/install | bash

brew install oven-sh/bun/bun

To check that Bun was installed successfully, open a new terminal window and run:

bun --version
# Output: 1.x.y

# See the precise commit of `oven-sh/bun` that you're using
bun --revision
# Output: 1.x.y+b7982ac13189

Adding Bun to your PATH

Determine which shell you’re using:
Terminal window
```
echo $SHELL
# /bin/zsh  or /bin/bash or /bin/fish
```
Open your shell configuration file:
- For bash: ~/.bashrc
- For zsh: ~/.zshrc
- For fish: ~/.config/fish/config.fish
To add the Bun directory to PATH, add this line to your configuration file:
Terminal window
```
export BUN_INSTALL="$HOME/.bun"
export PATH="$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
```

Reload your shell configuration:

source ~/.bashrc  # or ~/.zshrc or ~/.config/fish/config.fish

Upgrading Bun

Once installed, the binary can upgrade itself:

bun upgrade