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Installing Node.js NES

How to install Node.js NES

Listing Available Versions

VersionLinux x64Linux ARM64Darwin ARM64Windows x64RHEL 8 x64
v12✅✅❌✅❌
v14✅✅❌✅❌
v16✅✅✅✅❌
v18✅✅✅✅✅
v20✅❌✅✅❌
v22✅❌✅✅❌

To retrieve the full list of available versions, including trials, run the following command in your terminal:

All Versions
Trial Versions
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/index.tab

Download Node.js

Node.js NES can be downloaded and installed in several ways. This guide highlights the most common and convenient methods.

Using NVM

The fastest way to download Node.js on Linux and MacOS is through NVM.

NVM Windows is not supported, it is recommended to use the wget method instead. Make sure the NVM version is 0.40.0 or higher. You can check your NVM version by running nvm --version.

/bin/sh 
export NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes
export NVM_AUTH_HEADER="Bearer <token>"
nvm ls-remote # check all the available versions
nvm install v16.20.5-nes
nvm use v16.20.5-nes

Alternatively, you can download the binary using curl or wget.

Using curl

To download the binary, your curl command should be formatted like the following:

/bin/sh 
# Outputs the a tarball or zip to the current working directory
curl -sL -O -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" ARTIFACT_URL

For example, to download the Node.js 16 NES, choose your platform and then run the associated curl command:

Darwin arm64
Darwin x64
Linux x64
Windows x64
curl -sL -O -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v16.20.5-nes/node-v16.20.5-nes-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

Using wget

Alternatively, you can use wget to download the binary. The format is as follows:

/bin/sh 
# Outputs the a tarball or zip to the current working directory
wget --header="Authorization: Bearer <token>" ARTIFACT_URL

For example, to download the Node.js 16 NES, choose your platform and then run the associated wget command:

Darwin arm64
Darwin x64
Linux x64
Windows x64
wget --header="Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v16.20.5-nes/node-v16.20.5-nes-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

Dependending on the version you want to download, you may replace the version, platforms, or architecture with the following values:

  • Versions: v12.22.12-nes, v14.21.3-nes, v16.20.2-nes, v18.20.6-trial-nes, v20.20.2-trial-nes
  • Platforms: darwin or linux.
  • Architectures: arm64 or x64.
  • Extensions: .zip or .tar.gz.

Note: Because Node v18 and v20 are being adopted before their End‑of‑Life, we prepend -trial to the version number before the -nes suffix. Remove -trial if you will be installing other versions.

Example: v18.20.6-trial-nes, v20.20.2-trial-nes.

RHEL 8 installation

To install Node.js NES on RHEL 8, you can download the following rpm package:

/bin/sh 
curl -sL -O -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v18.20.15-nes/node-v18.20.15-nes-bundled.el8.x86_64.rpm
curl -sL -O -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v18.20.15-nes/npm-10.8.2-v18.20.15-nes-bundled.el8.x86_64.rpm

dnf -y install --nogpgcheck \
    ./npm-10.8.2-v18.20.15-nes-bundled.el8.x86_64.rpm \
    ./node-v18.20.15-nes-bundled.el8.x86_64.rpm

Cloud Provider Installations

For AWS and Google Cloud deployment guides, see Installing Node.js NES on cloud providers.

Verification

It is possible to verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the provided SHA256 checksums and GPG signatures.

  1. Download the checksum and signature files:
/bin/sh 
curl -sL -O -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v18.20.13-nes/SHASUMS256.txt
curl -sL -O -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v18.20.13-nes/SHASUMS256.txt.asc
curl -sL -O -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v18.20.13-nes/SHASUMS256.txt.sig
  1. Import the GPG key used for signing:

GPG Key Fingerprint: CA44E935A3995EB733AF292B18DD1E9212F3C6A2.

You can find the key on the following key servers:

/bin/sh 
gpg --keyserver keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys CA44E935A3995EB733AF292B18DD1E9212F3C6A2
  1. Verify the signature of the checksum file:
/bin/sh 
gpg --verify SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt
  1. Verify the checksum of the downloaded binary:
/bin/sh 
sha256sum -c --ignore-missing SHASUMS256.txt

GitHub Actions installation

You can use the setup-node action to install Node.js NES in GitHub Actions workflows by configuring the mirror and mirror-token parameters.

Add the following to your workflow file:

.github/workflows/ci.yml 
- uses: actions/setup-node@v6.3.0
  with:
    node-version: '18.20.13-nes'
    mirror: 'https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs'
    mirror-token: 'Bearer ${{ secrets.NES_TOKEN }}'

The mirror parameter points to the HeroDevs NES registry, and mirror-token provides the authentication token for downloading the Node.js NES binary.

Version aliases or ranges are not supported.