[notpushkin]

> There's 200k weekly downloads of node on npm.

I’m pretty sure Node developers usually don’t install Node from npm.

[yen223]

Yeah. For comparison, there are 27 million weekly downloads for React.

I'm not sure what conclusions we can draw from either number.

[monocasa]

Does nvm not use npm internally?

[pzo]

Github shows 98% of code is "Shell" on top of that there are also many different package managers that people use: fnm, volta that are build with rust. You can also install nodejs using homebrew.

[ramesh31]

>Does nvm not use npm internally?

No. It downloads binaries from nodejs.org. There is no "official" canonical means of managing Node versions. It's just a grab bag of community tools like NVM.

[nicce]

I would dare to say that average person who works with Node does not use nvm.

[chamomeal]

Really? I think it’s even recommended on the node website’s install page