The best mise alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to mise, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
You're replacing
miseOne CLI to manage per-project dev tool versions, environment variables, and tasks.
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asdf
Open source · MIT · ★ 25.6k
A command-line tool that manages multiple versions of languages like Ruby, Node.js and Elixir, using plugins.
Best for: Developers who work on several projects that need different language versions; Teams that want one version config file per project
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nvm
Open source · MIT · ★ 95.7k
A command-line tool to install and switch between multiple Node.js versions on Mac, Linux, and WSL.
Best for: Developers who work on several Node.js projects that need different versions; People on macOS, Linux, or Windows WSL who use a POSIX-compatible shell like bash or zsh
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pyenv
Open source · MIT · ★ 45.2k
A command-line tool for installing and switching between multiple Python versions.
Best for: Developers who work on several Python projects that need different Python versions; People testing code across multiple Python versions, for example with tox
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direnv
Open source · MIT · ★ 15.5k
A shell extension that loads and unloads environment variables based on the directory you're in.
Best for: Developers who juggle several projects with different environment variables; Teams wanting per-project development environments
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to mise. We don't take payment for placement.