# fnm

6 Hacker News commenters recommended fnm and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A fast Node version manager that people recommend as a faster, cleaner replacement for nvm. One critic says it will eventually slow down too.

## Why people recommend it

- Much faster than nvm (4 comments): "I use it and it's lives up to the name (it's much faster)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978654)) "It’s a lot faster and generally works better too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48466238)) "fnm is better/faster/cleaner than nvm" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47530390))
- Cleaner and works better than nvm (3 comments): "It’s a lot faster and generally works better too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48466238)) "fnm is better/faster/cleaner than nvm" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47530390)) "Agreed fnm is much better than nvm" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49983463))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [mise](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mise.md): 137 recommend
- [asdf version manager](https://hackerapproved.com/p/asdf.md): 17 recommend
- [rustup](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rustup.md): 14 recommend
- [SDKMAN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sdkman.md): 12 recommend
- [nvm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvm.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "fnm", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fnm/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).