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by dotdi 2703 days ago
I second this question. I'm using nvm almost everywhere and have never had issues, nor did I ever experience it as slow.
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I'm pretty sure `nvm` supports more use cases than fnm right now, as it is a much more mature project. However, it is slower in orders of magnitude.

It does support `.nvmrc` files so my use cases have been fulfilled with fnm - but if yours wasn't implemented yet - you are more than welcome to open an issue and we'll try to tackle it.

Also, fnm is a single executable, therefore it is very easy to install and works across all shells (no need for wrappers in `fish` shells, for instance). Just put it in your path and you're good to go!

I quit using nvm when it has become a pain to run it in non interactive situations such as from cron, from pm2 and from monit config. It needs changes on how it's launched all over and it was just not worth it.