
If you want to switch among several Node.js installations, they must be configured as local Node.js interpreters.

If you follow the standard installation procedure, in most cases JetBrains Rider detects Node.js itself. 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. JetBrains Rider integrates with Node.js providing assistance in configuring, editing, running, debugging, testing, profiling, and maintaining your applications. Node.js is a lightweight runtime environment for executing JavaScript outside the browser, for example on the server or in the command line.
