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Dev env manager

Terminal utilities
Our review

What we like

CLI and shell plugin to auto-switch runtime versions based on per-directory configuration. Reads tool versions file(s) to determine which runtime to install and link to. Supports Bash, Zsh, Fish, Xonsh. Supports asdf plugins. Designed for performance by not using shims (~120ms overhead in asdf) instead updating PATH to directly call runtimes.

What we don't like

No Windows support. Can conflict with direnv.

Reviewed: 2023-02-23

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