Getting Started

Node.js

Before installing Node.js tooling with Homebrew, make sure Homebrew is installed and configured in your shell. See Installing Homebrew for macOS.

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 line to the end of 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

For zsh, add this line to your .zshrc configuration file:

path=("$HOME/.bun/bin" $path)

Then, reload your shell configuration or open a new terminal window.

Upgrading Bun

Once installed, the binary can upgrade itself:

bun upgrade