https://github.com/pkgjs/nv
Tool for getting node versions by common aliases
https://github.com/pkgjs/nv
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Tool for getting node versions by common aliases
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pkgjs/nv
- Owner: pkgjs
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-09-27T03:25:53.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-09-21T16:48:11.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-22T12:15:02.688Z (9 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 63.5 KB
- Stars: 25
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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# Get information about Node.js versions
[](https://npmjs.org/package/@pkgjs/nv)
[](https://npmjs.org/package/@pkgjs/nv)
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This repository is managed by the [Package Maintenance Working Group](https://github.com/nodejs/package-maintenance), see [Governance](https://github.com/nodejs/package-maintenance/blob/master/Governance.md).
## Usage
```
$ npm i @pkgjs/nv
```
```
$ npx @pkgjs/nv --help
nv
Commands:
nv ls [versions...] List Node.js versions [aliases: show]
Options:
--help Show help [boolean]
--version Show version number [boolean]
```
```
$ npx @pkgjs/nv ls --help
nv ls [versions...]
List Node.js versions
Options:
--help Show help [boolean]
--version Show version number [boolean]
--mirror mirror url to load from
[string] [default: https://nodejs.org/dist/]
--pretty-json Pretty print json
[string] [default: pretty print json spaces, default 2 (--no-pretty-json for
new line delimted json)]
--latest-of-major-only Only show latest version in each semver major range
[boolean] [default: false]
--versions [default: "lts_active"]
```
```javascript
const nv = require('@pkgjs/nv')
(async () => {
const versions = await nv('lts')
console.log(versions)
/*
[
{
"version": "18.18.2",
"major": 18,
"minor": 18,
"patch": 2,
"tag": "",
"codename": "hydrogen",
"versionName": "v18",
"start": "2022-04-19T00:00:00.000Z",
"lts": "2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z",
"maintenance": "2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
"end": "2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z",
"releaseDate": "2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
"isLts": true,
"files": [
"aix-ppc64",
"headers",
"linux-arm64",
"linux-armv7l",
"linux-ppc64le",
"linux-s390x",
"linux-x64",
"osx-arm64-tar",
"osx-x64-pkg",
"osx-x64-tar",
"src",
"win-x64-7z",
"win-x64-exe",
"win-x64-msi",
"win-x64-zip",
"win-x86-7z",
"win-x86-exe",
"win-x86-msi",
"win-x86-zip"
],
"dependencies": {
"npm": "9.8.1",
"v8": "10.2.154.26",
"uv": "1.44.2",
"zlib": "1.2.13.1-motley",
"openssl": "3.0.10+quic"
}
}
]
*/
})()
```
You can also pass an array of aliases and the resulting array will be sorted and de-duped, for example:
```javascript
const versions = await nv(['lts', 'supported'])
console.log(versions.map((v) => v.version))
/*
[ '8.16.1', '10.16.3', '12.11.0' ]
*/
```
## Supported Aliases
**Support Aliases**
For now referenced here until we have a more official doc: https://github.com/nodejs/package-maintenance/issues/236#issue-474783582
- `all`: All node versions
- `lts_active`: Head of LTS and Active major version lines
- `lts`: Head of current LTS lines
- `active`: The newest version in the active but not maintenance mode lines
- `lts_latest`/`lts/*`: Latest of the LTS lines (`lts/*` for nvm compatibility)
- `supported`: Head of all maintained lines
- *DEPRECATED* `maintained`: Head of all maintained lines
- `current`/`node`: Newest of all maintained lines (`node` for nvm compatibility)
**Version Aliases**
- `v6`, `v8`, `v10`, `v12`, etc: Head of major version line by version number
- `dubnium`, `carbon`: Named alias for LTS lines