Install

npm install get-node

yarn add get-node

Download a specific version of Node.js.

The Node.js release is downloaded, uncompressed and untared to an executable
file ready to run.

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Features

Fast:

the download is cached
the best compression algorithm available on your machine is used
everything is streamed

Reliable:

the binary is checked against
official checksums
can be safely run concurrently
atomic writes

Features include:

Linux/Mac/Windows support
works with old Node.js versions
progress bar
using version ranges
specifying a mirror website for nodejs.org
helpful error messages
can guess the current project's version using its
.nvmrc or package.json (engines.node field)

Example

 import getNode from 'get-node'

// Download a specific Node.js release
const { path, version } = await getNode('8')
console.log(path) // /home/user/.cache/nve/8.17.0/node
console.log(version) // 8.17.0

 // Download Node.js latest release
const { path, version } = await getNode('latest')
console.log(path) // /home/user/.cache/nve/16.3.0/node
console.log(version) // 16.3.0

 // Any version range can be used
await getNode('8.12.0')
await getNode('<7')

 // Download latest LTS Node.js version
await getNode('lts')

 // Download Node.js version from `~/.nvmrc` or the current process version
await getNode('global')

 // Download current directory's Node.js version using its `.nvmrc` or
// `package.json` (`engines.node` field)
await getNode('local')

 // Download Node.js version from a specific file like `.nvmrc` or `package.json`
await getNode('/path/to/.nvmrc')

 // Specify the output directory
const { path } = await getNode('8', {
  output: '/home/user/.cache/node_releases/',
})
console.log(path) // /home/user/.cache/node_releases/13.0.1/node

 // Use a mirror website
await getNode('8', { mirror: 'https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node' })

 // Specify the CPU architecture
await getNode('8', { arch: 'x32' })

Install

 npm install get-node

node >=18.18.0 must be globally installed. However any Node version can be
downloaded.

This package is an ES module and must be loaded using
an import or import() statement,
not require(). If TypeScript is used, it must be configured to
output ES modules,
not CommonJS.

To use this module as a CLI instead, please check
get-node-cli.

Usage

getNode(versionRange, options?)

versionRange: string
options: object?
Return value: Promise<object>

versionRange can be:

any version range such as 12, 12.6.0
or <12
latest: Latest available Node version
lts: Latest LTS Node version
global: Global Node version
- Using the home directory .nvmrc or
  package.json (engines.node field)
- Some similar files
  used by other Node.js version managers are also searched for
- If nothing is found, defaults to the current process's Node version
local: Current directory's Node version
- Using the current directory or parent directories
  .nvmrc,
  package.json (engines.node field)
  or
  similar files
- Defaults to the global version
a file path towards a .nvmrc,
package.json (engines.node field)
or
similar files