PAparadox460·Nov 26, 2023
You might check out rtx[1]
Its an 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
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Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more
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Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more
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I love asdf but the one thing that bugs me is that running `asdf install` inside a folder containing a .tool-versions file won't automatically install the plugins needed to…
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| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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In Being a bash developer in the 21st century (2021)That's what I would suggest as well. WSL2 and use asdf[1] to manage the erlang/elixir versions.
You could also use containers 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
In Elixir for cynical curmudgeonsYou may consider using asdf or some other Python version manager to get a newer (or older) Python
https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
In Archive your Reddit data before it's too lateI'm on an M1 MacBook Pro 16". The performance issues 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 in other tests it was around 200ms (which is the number I put in the README to be fair). @danfritz in this thread said his can take over 2 seconds!
Out of curiosity, what is the difference between `time node -v` and `time ~/.asdf/installs/nodejs/*/bin/node -v`? I've never seen it not add at least 100ms.
In Show HN: Asdf Clone Written in RustNot a generic package manager, but it's probably worth calling out asdf as the generic version manager[0] (maybe you're already aware of it, but it's a generic replacement for nvm, rvm, virtualenv, *vm, which supports any language based on plugins.)
Again, maybe you're already aware of it, but I think it's a nice example of genericising a concern common to many languages which sounds similar to what you're asking for (albeit unfortunately in a slightly different space).
[0] https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf
In Ask HN: Why does every package+module system become a Rube Goldberg machine?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...
In Rtx: Polyglot Runtime ManagerWhat benefit would joining your cult bestow upon me that brew does not already?
My brew list is intentionally 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 install python thingies (such as yt-dlp) as a cli.
Go and Rust handle binaries in their languages beautifully and without issues.
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