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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:

• Download the latest release.
• Put nodejs-portable.exe in a new empty folder.

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 launch nodejs-portable.exe. (See #35)

• workPath : Shell working dir (can be relative to nodejs-portable.exe).
• customPaths : Array of custom paths that will be placed in the PATH environment variable (paths can be relative to nodejs-portable.exe).
• immediateMode: Set this to true if you want to use node shell immediately.
• shell: Shell to be used. Can be cmd (default) or powershell.

If an exception happened, take a look into nodejs-portable.log for further information.

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.

• 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 in bin

All kinds of contributions are welcome 🙌! 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! 🙏

MIT. See LICENSE for more details.
USB icon credit to Dakirby309.