Installer: Auto-detect nvm and switch to a supported node version

[machour]

Running laravel new my-project and selecting the React/Inertia template, everything went fine until it prompted me to run npm install and npm run build.

Then I got this error:

npm warn EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm warn EBADENGINE   package: '[email protected]',
npm warn EBADENGINE   required: { node: '^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0' },
npm warn EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v20.18.0', npm: '11.1.0' }
npm warn EBADENGINE }
npm warn EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm warn EBADENGINE   package: '[email protected]',
npm warn EBADENGINE   required: { node: '^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0' },
npm warn EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v20.18.0', npm: '11.1.0' }
npm warn EBADENGINE }

I do have a compatible version installed, but it's not my default one.

I think the installer could/should auto-detect the presence of nvm in my path, and prompt me to switch to a compatible version before proceeding with the rest of the installation steps. That would eliminate a tiny friction, and make the onboarding even smoother.

Would happily work on this feature if it's accepted 🙌🏼