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⚠️ Abandoned project
This project is not maintained anymore and is abandoned. Feel free to fork and make your own changes if needed.
Thanks to everyone for their valuable feedback and contributions.
About
A single EXE written in Go to make Node.js portable on Windows systems.
Tested on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
Main window of Node.js Portable
Configuration file nodejs-portable.conf
is generated at first launch:
Installation
- Download the latest release.
- Put
nodejs-portable.exe
in a new empty folder.
Getting started
Run nodejs-portable.exe
, then choose task:
- 1 to install node.js by entering version and architecture.
- 2 to launch Node.js shell.
If you have already installed Node.js, create a folder named
app
and put your node.js environment inside, then launchnodejs-portable.exe
. (See #35)
nodejs-portable.conf
Config file workPath
: Shell working dir (can be relative tonodejs-portable.exe
).customPaths
: Array of custom paths that will be placed in thePATH
environment variable (paths can be relative tonodejs-portable.exe
).immediateMode
: Set this totrue
if you want to use node shell immediately.shell
: Shell to be used. Can becmd
(default) orpowershell
.
If an exception happened, take a look into
nodejs-portable.log
for further information.
Command line
Node.js Portable can be used through the command line to inject arguments directly to node:
$ nodejs-portable.exe --version
v9.5.0
Take a look into
nodejs-portable.log
if you have any issue.
Building
- Install Go 1.12+
- Add Go to your PATH (ex.
C:\Go\bin
) - Install latest version of Mage
- Add Mage to your PATH
- Clone this repository
- Run
mage build
inside. The artifact will be available inbin
Contributing
Want to contribute? Awesome! The most basic way to show your support is to star the project, or to raise issues.
You can also support this project by becoming a sponsor on GitHub or by making a Paypal donation to ensure this journey continues indefinitely!
Thanks again for your support, it is much appreciated!
License
MIT. See LICENSE
for more details.
USB icon credit to Dakirby309.