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🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust

17 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 5 stories, 12 comments · first 2019-01-24 · latest 2026-06-09

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  1. You can also just replace nvm with fnm ( https://github.com/Schniz/fnm ). It’s a lot faster and generally works better too.
    comment by anon7000 · 2026-06-09 · in Life is too short for a slow terminal
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    Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
    story by rickcarlino · 2026-01-13 · 0 comments
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    Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
    story by rob · 2024-12-10 · 0 comments
  4. I switched to https://github.com/Schniz/fnm a while ago and it’s been fantastic. I also bake it into all of our Packer images at work.
    comment by httgp · 2024-12-09 · in Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner
  5. …a few years ago and have never looked back. Zero performance issues and it supports .nvmrc files. https://github.com/Schniz/fnm
    comment by mitemte · 2024-01-23 · in Oh My Zsh
  6. tangent: fnm https://github.com/Schniz/fnm is faster than nvm and much cleaner in its shell integration.
    comment by chrisweekly · 2023-08-20 · in Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
  7. Yes, your custom emojis will turn into images anyone can see. See: https://github.com/Schniz/fnm/issues/847#issuecomment-131372...
    comment by schniz · 2022-11-14 · in Show HN: Use Slack Emoji on GitHub
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    Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
    story by modinfo · 2022-10-28 · 0 comments
  9. …these tools written in languages other than the thing they're targeting. As an example I use fnm ( https://github.com/Schniz/fnm ) for managing JavaScript versions. It runs so fast (compared to nvm) I'm inclined to think something went…
    comment by petepete · 2022-10-25 · in Asdf – language tool version manager
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    Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
    story by RunOutOfMemory · 2021-12-13 · 1 comment
  11. …slow `nvm` was--haven't noticed any differences other than now things have been really fast. [1] https://github.com/Schniz/fnm
    comment by munro · 2021-11-22 · in Volta vs. Nvm for JavaScript Tooling
  12. …- RSLint (JS/TS linter in Rust) – https://github.com/rslint/rslint - Node version manager in Rust – https://github.com/Schniz/fnm If you know of any other popular ones, let me know. I'm keeping a list :)
    comment by leerob · 2021-11-11 · in Rust Is the Future of JavaScript Infrastructure
  13. …(native, desktop) - https://github.com/SVdotCO/pupilfirst (bucklescript, react) - https://github.com/Schniz/fnm (native, CLI) Some of the cool stuff I saw in the wild: https://github.com/osener?language=reason&tab=stars https://github.com/o
    comment by osener · 2020-01-26 · in Restack: Full-Stack ReasonML
  14. …manager like NPM, but for native code: https://github.com/esy/esy - A fast Node version manager: https://github.com/Schniz/fnm - A fast replacement for dotenv-cli: https://github.com/ulrikstrid/reenv - A fast JS bundler:…
    comment by bryanphe · 2019-03-29 · in OCaml on Baremetal Shakti RISC-V Processor
  15. …design: https://github.com/revery-ui/revery - A lightning-fast Node version manager: https://github.com/Schniz/fnm - Erlang-like multicore actors: https://github.com/ostera/reactor That said, it's early days and the ecosystem has to (and…
    comment by yawaramin · 2019-03-03 · in Functional Programming in OCaml
  16. Looks like he used this: https://github.com/marionebl/svg-term-cli edit: yep, see here: https://github.com/Schniz/fnm/blob/8cb998759ef969685d711eb42...
    comment by alfredbez · 2019-01-24 · in Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
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    Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
    story by schniz · 2019-01-24 · 69 comments