A curated list of Version Managers
- anyenv - A version manager wrapper allowing maintenance of multiple version managers.
- aqua - Declarative CLI Version manager written in Go. Support Lazy Install, Registry, and continuous update with Renovate. CLI version is switched seamlessly.
- asdf-vm - An extendable version manager using a plugin structure to handle new version managers.
- mise - An
asdfdrop-in replacement written in Rust. - proto - A pluggable next-generation version manager for multiple programming languages as unified toolchain.
- vfox - A cross-platform, extensible version manager. It supports native Windows and Unix-like.
- woof - A Bash-based version manager with plugin support optimized for UX
- spack - A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
- pkgx - A blazingly fast, standalone, cross‐platform binary that runs anything in any version with zero system impact.
- vmr - A simple, cross-platform, and well-tested version manager for programming languages and tools.
- pyenv - A tool that allows you to switch between multiple versions of Python.
- pyenv-win - A porting of pyenv for Windows.
- pyflow - A multipurpose Python environment manager.
- pythonz - A program to automate the building and installation of Python versions.
- fnm - Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in Rust
- nvm - A version manager for Node.js, designed to be installed per user, and invoked per shell.
- nvm-windows - Same of nvm, but for Windows.
- n - An interactive manager that has no subshells and no profile setup.
- volta - A JavaScript tool manager, designed to provide seamless, fully isolated node environments.
- nodenv - A tool that can automatically select the appropriate node version for a given project and doesn't require shell integration or overriding of builtin commands.
- nvs - A cross-platform utility for switching between different versions and forks of Node.js.
- nodebrew - A simple Node.js version manager.
- nve - Run any command on specific Node.js versions.
- chnode - A lightweight Node.js version switcher that allows for auto-switching by updating the PATH, inspired by chruby.
- pnpm - A fast and disk space efficient package manager that can also manage Node.js versions via it's env command.
- nvm-rust - A cross platform Node.js version manager made in Rust.
- rbenv - A manager that focus on switching Ruby versions.
- rbenv-win - A porting of rbenv to Windows.
- rvm - A tool that is loaded into the shell, overrides some commands and also manages gemsets.
- uru - A lightweight, multi-platform command line tool that helps you use the multiple rubies, like MRI, JRuby and Rubinius.
- chruby - A Ruby version switcher that allows for auto-switching, updates PATH and has around 100 lines of code.
- frum - A fast and modern Ruby version manager written in Rust that is also cross-platform.
- gvm - An interface to manage Go versions.
- goenv - Version manager like pyenv and rbenv, but for Go.
- g - A simples Go version manager inspired by
n. - g - A command-line tool for Linux, macOS, and Windows that provides convenient management and switching of multiple versions of the Go environment.
- goup - An elegant version manager written in Go that is installed with a one-liner and that work well on all Linux distros.
- rustup - A manager that installs Rust from official release channels and allows to switch between stable, beta, and nightly compilers.
- jenv - A cross-platform tool for managing parallel Versions of JDKs which allows for installing, switching, removing and listing candidates.
- jEnv - A version switcher for Java that does not handle installation.
- jabba - A cross-platform Java manager that allows for installation and switching of JDKs.
- jvms - A JDK version manager for Windows made in Go.
- SDKMAN! - Install Software Development Kits for the JVM such as Java, Scala, Kotlin and Groovy. Ant, Gradle, Grails, Maven, SBT, Spark, Spring Boot, Vert.x and many others also supported.
- swiftenv - A Swift manager that changes version per user, set a per-project version and allows you to override the version with an environmental variable.
- swiftly - A CLI tool for installing, managing, and switching between Swift toolchains, written in Swift.
- phpbrew - A utility that builds and installs multiple version of PHP in your HOME directory allowing of switching between them.
- phpenv - A version manager that operates binaries on the user directory and utilizes shims.
- perlbrew - A tool that manages multiple Perl environments and allows switching between them.
- plenv - A manager that installs multiple versions on the home directory, uses shims and allows to set local version per directory.
- luaver - A helper to manage and switch between different versions of Lua, LuaJIT and Luarocks.
- lenv - A Lua version manager that allows installation and switching between multiple versions.
- kiex - A utility that allows build and switch between different Elixir versions.
- exenv - A Elixir version manager based on rbenv.
- evm - A tool that allows you to install multiple versions of erlang on your system and switch between them.
- kerl - A POSIX shell tool for building and installing Erlang/OTP instances allowing for easy switches between those installations.
- juliavm - A CLI tool which allows you to install, manage, and work with Julia environments and switch between them.
- jlenv - A Julia version manager based on rbenv.
- crenv - A Crystal version manager based on rbenv.
- fvm - A version manager allowing to reference Flutter SDK version on a per-project basis, allows you to have multiple versions installed.
- svm - A version manager that switches and installs multiple Scala versions.
- tfenv - A Terraform version manager inspired by rbenv.
- tofuenv - A OpenTofu version manager inspired by tfenv.
- tenv - A versatile version manager for OpenTofu, Terraform and Terragrunt, written in Go.
- svm-rs - A Solidity compiler version manager made in Rust.
- xcodes - A command-line tool to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
- Xcodes.app - An app that offers the easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.
- cvm - A cross platform command-line tool that help manage currently installed versions of CMake.
- uvm - A tool which allows to install and manage multiple Unity versions on a system from the command-line that is also compatible with Unity-Hub.
- Godots - An app that manages your Godot versions and projects with support for all platforms while also allowing for theming.
- Godot Manager - An app made in C# that can manage the engine versions of Godot from the official Github repository, as well as getting updates from new releases.
- Hourglass - A project manager that can also manage multiple versions of Godot engine with just a few clicks and that supports custom engine builds.
- GVM - A simple app that can install and remove any version of Godot, even the alpha, beta, rc and dev versions.
- rig - A cross platform R version manager with no system requirements on any platform.
- zvm - A version manager made in Go that works on Linux, BSD, MacOS, *nix systems including Windows.
- zigup - A Zig version manager made entirely with Zig.
- bob - A cross-platform and easy-to-use Neovim version manager, allowing for easy switching between versions right from the command line.
- elan - A small tool for managing your installations of the Lean theorem prover that is also the recommended way to set up in their documentation.
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