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Life & fun · April 30, 2024

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A cross-platform version manager for JDK, Go, Node.js, Bun.js, etc.

More than 40 programming languages and tools are supported.

A cross-platform version manager for JDK, Go, Node.js, Bun.js, etc. launched on April 30, 2024 with 11 votes, #1,103 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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A cross-platform version manager that supports over 40 programming languages and tools including JDK, Go, Node.js, and Bun.js. It allows developers to install and switch between different versions of these tools across Windows, macOS, and Linux. The tool streamlines managing multiple language environments in a single interface, reducing the complexity of handling version conflicts and switching between projects with different requirements.

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