Best fnm Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from development environment managers ranked against fnm on the same published basis.
- 1fnm vs ActiveState Platform
- 2fnm vs devenv
- 3fnm vs Flox
- 4fnm vs FVM
- 5fnm vs vfox
- 6fnm vs DDEV
- 7fnm vs DevPod
- 8fnm vs elan
- 9fnm vs FlyEnv
- 11fnm vs GVM
- 12fnm vs Nix
- 13fnm vs nvm
- 14fnm vs Vagrant
- 15fnm vs asdf
- 16fnm vs goenv
- 17fnm vs GNU Guix
- 18fnm vs RVM
- 19fnm vs Devbox
- 20fnm vs SDKMAN!
- 21fnm vs tenv
fnm alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ActiveState Platform | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | devenv | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Flox | 6.6 | Free plan | $20/mo | Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | FVM | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 5 | vfox | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 6 | DDEV | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | DevPod | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 8 | elan | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | FlyEnv | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | GVM | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac |
| 12 | Nix | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 13 | nvm | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 14 | Vagrant | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 15 | asdf | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac |
| 16 | goenv | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac |
| 17 | GNU Guix | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
| 18 | RVM | 5.7 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 19 | Devbox | 5.6 | No | $5/mo | Browser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 20 | SDKMAN! | 5.6 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 21 | tenv | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
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Questions about fnm alternatives
What is the best alternative to fnm?
ActiveState Platform, number 1 in development environment managers with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: devenv, Flox, FVM and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to fnm?
ActiveState Platform is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.