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Last modified: 11 October 2024

Node.js is a lightweight runtime environment for executing JavaScript outside the browser, for example, on the server or in the command line. PyCharm integrates with Node.js providing assistance in configuring, editing, running, debugging, testing, profiling, and maintaining your applications.

If you need Node.js only as a local runtime for your application or for managing npm packages, running JavaScript linters, build tools, test frameworks, and so on, just install Node.js. If you follow the standard installation procedure, in most cases PyCharm detects Node.js itself.

And even if you have no Node.js on your computer, you can install it when creating a new Node.js application in the Create New Project dialog, refer to Creating a new Node.js application below.

If you want to switch among several Node.js installations, they must be configured as local Node.js interpreters. In most cases, PyCharm detects Node.js installations, configures them as interpreters automatically, and adds them to the list where you can select the relevant one.

To run a Node.js application remotely, configure it as a remote interpreter. For more information, refer to Node.js with Docker, Node.js via SSH, and Node.js with Vagrant.