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Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more

82 mentions on Hacker News by 67 people: 16 stories, 66 comments · first 2016-06-21 · latest 2026-03-24

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  1. See also: asdf and mise https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290#issuecomment-2365...
    comment by password4321 · 2026-03-24 · in Nanobrew: The fastest macOS package manager compatible with brew
  2. I'm a happy long-term user of asdf. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by jaynetics · 2025-08-27 · in Rv, a new kind of Ruby management tool
  3. …switching to a version manager of[0] your[1] choice[2]. [0]: https://github.com/jdx/mise [1]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf [2]: https://github.com/version-fox/vfox
    comment by whilenot-dev · 2025-02-17 · in Hk, a new Git hook manager
  4. …and not too user-friendly. It's what I use for personal projects since Vault is overkill. [0] https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf [1] https://github.com/hashicorp/vault [2] https://www.passwordstore.org/
    comment by prophesi · 2024-08-29 · in Ask HN: Developer PC setup automations for company owned devices
  5. Looks like pyenv does the same thing as asdf, except only for python. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf And here's a list of everything it supports: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-plugins/tree/master/plugins
    comment by Izkata · 2024-08-12 · in GIL Become Optional in Python 3.13
  6. …mise / rtx, so kind of lost interest. Sorry. You can always implement these if you’d like. [0]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290#issuecomment-1383... [1]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/pull/1441
    comment by sgarland · 2024-04-28 · in Install Asdf: One Runtime Manager to Rule All Dev Environments
  7. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290
    comment by beeboobaa3 · 2024-04-22 · in Show HN: I made a multiple runtime version manager that can be used on Windows
  8. …but I really like https://github.com/jdx/mise too to manage dev tools. It’s a modern version of https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf written in Rust.
    comment by jeanregisser · 2024-03-13 · in Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix
  9. …asdf[2] rewrite, in rust, that can do most of the things nvm can [1] https://github.com/jdx/rtx [2] https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by paradox460 · 2023-11-26 · in Fish – Update on the Rust port
  10. Presumably https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by twic · 2023-09-22 · in Being a bash developer in the 21st century (2021)
  11. …pretty easily as well with docker or podman for windows and the official Elixir images[2]. [1]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf [2]: https://hub.docker.com/_/elixir
    comment by freedomben · 2023-08-03 · in Elixir for cynical curmudgeons
  12. You may consider using asdf or some other Python version manager to get a newer (or older) Python https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by powersurge360 · 2023-06-09 · in Archive your Reddit data before it's too late
  13. …are well understood by the asdf team and the Github issue with most comments is on the topic: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290 This was with a half dozen plugins and use_legacy_file disabled. Hardly an edge-case. Though I'll note…
    comment by jdxcode · 2023-01-31 · in Show HN: Asdf Clone Written in Rust
  14. …sounds similar to what you're asking for (albeit unfortunately in a slightly different space). [0] https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by mijoharas · 2023-01-30 · in Ask HN: Why does every package+module system become a Rube Goldberg machine?
  15. Not my project but found if while looking into the "asdf" project's performance issues ticket: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290#issuecomment-1406...
    comment by saghul · 2023-01-27 · in Rtx: Polyglot Runtime Manager
  16. …very short and my faffing about desire is limited. Generally I use brew to pull in asdf ( https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf ) to install programming languages/tooling, it works flawlessly. I use Pipx ( https://github.com/pypa/pipx ) to…
    comment by recuter · 2023-01-17 · in MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
  17. Your team might want to use asdf https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf to run multiple native versions of PostgreSQL and Redis in parallel. Even with one project you might have multiple versions of those tools in different releases of the…
    comment by pmontra · 2022-11-28 · in Lightweight Alpine VMs on macOS
  18. It's interesting they banned the "echo" command but then use it in the tests [0]. 0 - https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/blob/master/test/banned_comm...
    comment by Game_Ender · 2022-10-29 · in asdf banned_commands
  19. …of /usr/bin/python. Then it can decide which version of Python to defer to. Edit: here it is: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/blob/v0.10.2/asdf.sh#L30-L31
    comment by rzzzt · 2022-10-25 · in Asdf – language tool version manager
  20. I have an issue out to make it agnostic of keyboard layouts if that helps! https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/930
    comment by crawl_soever · 2022-10-24 · in Asdf – language tool version manager
  21. It's basically the same as https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf than, plus lisp for config?
    comment by pvinis · 2022-09-25 · in Guix for Development
  22. …to install the required plugins by hand[0]. Makes it very annoying to use in CI/CD pipelines. [0]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/1298
    comment by codethief · 2022-08-12 · in Asdf Performance
  23. I actually asked last year if it meant anything https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/883
    comment by leetrout · 2022-08-12 · in Asdf Performance
  24. …which unfortunately I don't think the author has enough bandwidth to triage. Bugs keep piling up. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues
    comment by stevebmark · 2022-08-12 · in Asdf Performance
  25. …manager (now there’s another overloading: ‘VM’ to mean ‘version manager’ vice ‘virtual machine’): https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by eadmund · 2022-08-12 · in Asdf Performance
  26. asdf works as a universal tool for any cli app i.e. python, terraform, ruby, golang, etc https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf asdf plugin add python asdf install python 3.9.1 asdf global python 3.9.1 asdf local python 3.9.1
    comment by aynawn · 2022-07-20 · in Use `Python -m Pip`
  27. Let me introduce you to asdf. No, that is not a typo. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by SenHeng · 2022-07-02 · in Reimagining front-end web development with htmx and hyperscript
  28. This might show my ignorance, but can Nix replace something like asdf ( https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf )?
    comment by francis-io · 2022-05-30 · in A decade of dotfiles
  29. I like this quote in asdf help. "Late but latest" -- Rajinikanth https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/blob/master/lib/commands/com... Thalaiva! :)
    comment by orsenthil · 2022-04-05 · in Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf
  30. Renaming because of this name clash has been suggested but the suggestion wasn't taken up: - https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/383 - https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/547 They did do something to ameliate this though: now they…
    comment by omaranto · 2022-04-05 · in Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf
  31. I thought it's a joke post after that, but apparently this is a real project: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by KptMarchewa · 2022-04-05 · in Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf
  32. I used asdf but found it caused a 200ms hit to launching any of the binaries: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290 Personally that's not something I can live with as these binaries are sometimes launched many times in subprocesses.
    comment by bin_bash · 2022-04-05 · in Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf
  33. I've recently discovered `asdf` ( https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf ). It's not as technically clever as nix, but it does allow you to manage version of most language toolchains with one tool.
    comment by nicoburns · 2022-01-24 · in The Curse of NixOS
  34. …version manager [2]. Entirely my fault I was confused, tbh. 1: https://asdf.common-lisp.dev 2: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by d3nj4l · 2022-01-21 · in Common Lisp ASDF maintainer considers resignation
  35. For anything versioned, I use asdf: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf It's straightforward enough that the software devs I work with consider it "painless" to use. asdf describes itself as "asdf is a CLI tool that can manage multiple…
    comment by bloopernova · 2021-12-26 · in Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Homebrew for “go install”)
  36. Take a look at this issue: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/issues/290
    comment by TeddyDD · 2021-05-21 · in Frum – Fast and modern Ruby version manager written in Rust
  37. …if we don't have to remember which version manager to use for which tool/language/whatever. [0]: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by salzig · 2021-05-03 · in Volta
  38. Instead of one different tool for each runtime or ecosystem, I prefer to use ASDF. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by Sirikon · 2021-05-03 · in Volta
  39. Maybe asdf? https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by darkwater · 2021-04-14 · in Terraform 0.15 General Availability
  40. …manager for ruby, I'd go with rbenv. But if you use, say, node and python too - I'd go with asdf: https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-ruby Keeps the stampede of VMs out of your bashrc.
    comment by e12e · 2020-10-29 · in Ruby on Rails in a week
  41. I've been using ASDF ( https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf ) for a while now to manage each of the language (and sometimes build tool) versions for a folder/repo in a consistent manner. I'd definitely recommend taking a look at it.
    comment by haar · 2020-10-10 · in Webpack 5
  42. …anyone tried `pyenv` and/or `nodenv` and switched to `asdf`? [1] https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv [2] https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by bow_ · 2020-04-25 · in How to Install Node.js for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
  43. …~/.virtualenvs/py375/bin/activate This virtualenv is going to stay on 3.7.5 forever. [1] https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf [2] https://github.com/danhper/asdf-python
    comment by pmontra · 2020-01-12 · in OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
  44. Or usev another version manager: I use asdf https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by izietto · 2019-11-02 · in Why to use ‘python -m pip’
  45. …pyenv with asdf [0]. asdf is like pyenv, but it works for all major programming languages. [0] https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by Rotareti · 2019-09-24 · in Ask HN: How do you handle/maintain local Python environments?
  46. …ton of other stuff. Through it I create virtualenvs, each targeting a particular version of Python. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by eropple · 2019-09-24 · in Ask HN: How do you handle/maintain local Python environments?
  47. …about what asdf is and why it is useful. One of the maintainers already has a PR out to fix this - https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf/pull/441 If you have any suggestions on what the readme should say feel free to open an issue or a small PR.
    comment by Stratus3D · 2019-01-27 · in Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
  48. Great work, but you'd have to pry asdf out of my cold, dead hands. https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by midgetjones · 2019-01-24 · in Show HN: Fnm – Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in ReasonML
  49. …plug-in that re-uses a lot of the tooling for rbenv/build. (as does the rust plug-in, and others) https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
    comment by e12e · 2019-01-23 · in Show HN: Esy – fast and simple package management for native ReasonML/OCaml
  50. …to do all, and avoid the need to handle more than one "magic" session in your bashrc(etc): "asdf": https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf Now, a few new languages do come with pretty decent "virtual env" thingy-s , but most stumble for a few…
    comment by e12e · 2019-01-04 · in Show HN: Jetpack – Webpack made more convenient