awesome-version-managers

anyenv

A version manager wrapper allowing maintenance of multiple version managers

aqua

Declarative CLI Version manager written in Go. Support Lazy Install, Registry, and continuous update with Renovate. CLI version is switched seamlessly

asdf-vm

An extendable version manager using a plugin structure to handle new version managers

mise

An drop-in replacement written in Rust

proto

A pluggable next-generation version manager for multiple programming languages as unified toolchain

vfox

A cross-platform, extensible version manager. It supports native Windows and Unix-like

woof

A Bash-based version manager with plugin support optimized for UX

spack

A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers

pkgx

A blazingly fast, standalone, cross‐platform binary that runs anything in any version with zero system impact

vmr

A simple, cross-platform, and well-tested version manager for programming languages and tools

pyenv

A tool that allows you to switch between multiple versions of Python

pyenv-win

A porting of pyenv for Windows

pyflow

A multipurpose Python environment manager

pythonz

A program to automate the building and installation of Python versions

fnm

Fast and simple Node.js version manager built in Rust

nvm

A version manager for Node.js, designed to be installed per user, and invoked per shell

nvm-windows

Same of nvm, but for Windows

n

An interactive manager that has no subshells and no profile setup

volta

A JavaScript tool manager, designed to provide seamless, fully isolated node environments

nodenv

A tool that can automatically select the appropriate node version for a given project and doesn't require shell integration or overriding of builtin commands

nvs

A cross-platform utility for switching between different versions and forks of Node.js

nodebrew

A simple Node.js version manager

nve

Run any command on specific Node.js versions

chnode

A lightweight Node.js version switcher that allows for auto-switching by updating the PATH, inspired by chruby

pnpm

A fast and disk space efficient package manager that can also manage Node.js versions via it's env command

nvm-rust

A cross platform Node.js version manager made in Rust

rbenv

A manager that focus on switching Ruby versions

rbenv-win

A porting of rbenv to Windows

rvm

A tool that is loaded into the shell, overrides some commands and also manages gemsets

A lightweight, multi-platform command line tool that helps you use the multiple rubies, like MRI, JRuby and Rubinius

chruby

A Ruby version switcher that allows for auto-switching, updates PATH and has around 100 lines of code

frum

A fast and modern Ruby version manager written in Rust that is also cross-platform

gvm

An interface to manage Go versions

goenv

Version manager like pyenv and rbenv, but for Go

g

A simples Go version manager inspired by

g

A command-line tool for Linux, macOS, and Windows that provides convenient management and switching of multiple versions of the Go environment

goup

An elegant version manager written in Go that is installed with a one-liner and that work well on all Linux distros

rustup

A manager that installs Rust from official release channels and allows to switch between stable, beta, and nightly compilers

jenv

A cross-platform tool for managing parallel Versions of JDKs which allows for installing, switching, removing and listing candidates

jEnv

A version switcher for Java that does not handle installation

jabba

A cross-platform Java manager that allows for installation and switching of JDKs

jvms

A JDK version manager for Windows made in Go

SDKMAN!

Install Software Development Kits for the JVM such as Java, Scala, Kotlin and Groovy. Ant, Gradle, Grails, Maven, SBT, Spark, Spring Boot, Vert.x and many others also supported

swiftenv

A Swift manager that changes version per user, set a per-project version and allows you to override the version with an environmental variable

swiftly

A CLI tool for installing, managing, and switching between Swift toolchains, written in Swift

phpbrew

A utility that builds and installs multiple version of PHP in your HOME directory allowing of switching between them

phpenv

A version manager that operates binaries on the user directory and utilizes shims

perlbrew

A tool that manages multiple Perl environments and allows switching between them

plenv

A manager that installs multiple versions on the home directory, uses shims and allows to set local version per directory

luaver

A helper to manage and switch between different versions of Lua, LuaJIT and Luarocks

lenv

A Lua version manager that allows installation and switching between multiple versions

kiex

A utility that allows build and switch between different Elixir versions

exenv

A Elixir version manager based on rbenv

evm

A tool that allows you to install multiple versions of erlang on your system and switch between them

kerl

A POSIX shell tool for building and installing Erlang/OTP instances allowing for easy switches between those installations

juliavm

A CLI tool which allows you to install, manage, and work with Julia environments and switch between them

jlenv

A Julia version manager based on rbenv

crenv

A Crystal version manager based on rbenv

fvm

A version manager allowing to reference Flutter SDK version on a per-project basis, allows you to have multiple versions installed

svm

A version manager that switches and installs multiple Scala versions

tfenv

A Terraform version manager inspired by rbenv

tofuenv

A OpenTofu version manager inspired by tfenv

tenv

A versatile version manager for OpenTofu, Terraform and Terragrunt, written in Go

svm-rs

A Solidity compiler version manager made in Rust

xcodes

A command-line tool to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode

Xcodes.app

An app that offers the easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode

cvm

A cross platform command-line tool that help manage currently installed versions of CMake

uvm

A tool which allows to install and manage multiple Unity versions on a system from the command-line that is also compatible with Unity-Hub

Godots

An app that manages your Godot versions and projects with support for all platforms while also allowing for theming

Godot Manager

An app made in C# that can manage the engine versions of Godot from the official Github repository, as well as getting updates from new releases

A project manager that can also manage multiple versions of Godot engine with just a few clicks and that supports custom engine builds

GVM

A simple app that can install and remove any version of Godot, even the alpha, beta, rc and dev versions

rig

A cross platform R version manager with no system requirements on any platform

zvm

A version manager made in Go that works on Linux, BSD, MacOS, *nix systems including Windows

zigup

A Zig version manager made entirely with Zig

bob

A cross-platform and easy-to-use Neovim version manager, allowing for easy switching between versions right from the command line

elan

A small tool for managing your installations of the Lean theorem prover that is also the recommended way to set up in their documentation