Core

The core asdf command list is rather small, but can facilitate many workflows.

Installation & Setup

Covered in the Getting Started guide.

Exec

asdf exec <command> [args...]

Executes the command shim for the current version.

Env

asdf env <command> [util]

Info

asdf info

A helper command to print the OS, Shell and asdf debug information. Share this when making a bug report.

Reshim

asdf reshim <name> <version>

This recreates the shims for the current version of a package. By default, shims are created by plugins during installation of a tool. Some tools like the npm CLI allow global installation of executables, for example, installing Yarn via npm install -g yarn. Since this executable was not installed via the plugin lifecycle, no shim exists for it yet. asdf reshim nodejs <version> will force recalculation of shims for any new executables, like yarn, for <version> of nodejs .

Shim-versions

asdf shim-versions <command>

Lists the plugins and versions that provide shims for a command.

As an example, Node.js ships with two executables, node and npm. When many versions of the tools are installed with asdf-nodejs shim-versions can return:

➜ asdf shim-versions node
nodejs 14.8.0
nodejs 14.17.3
nodejs 16.5.0

➜ asdf shim-versions npm
nodejs 14.8.0
nodejs 14.17.3
nodejs 16.5.0

Update

asdf has a built in command to update which relies on Git (our recommended installation method). If you installed using a different method you should follow the steps for that method:

Method	Latest Stable Release	Latest commit on master
asdf (via Git)	asdf update	asdf update --head
Homebrew	brew upgrade asdf	brew upgrade asdf --fetch-HEAD
Pacman	Download a new PKGBUILD & rebuild or use your preferred AUR helper

Uninstall

To uninstall asdf follow these steps:

Bash & Git

1. In your ~/.bashrc remove the lines that source asdf.sh and the completions:

. "$HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh"
. "$HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash"

2. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

rm -rf "${ASDF_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.asdf}"

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Bash & Git (macOS)

1. In your ~/.bash_profile remove the lines that source asdf.sh and the completions:

. "$HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh"
. "$HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash"

2. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

rm -rf "${ASDF_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.asdf}"

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Bash & Homebrew

1. In your ~/.bashrc remove the lines that source asdf.sh and the completions:

. $(brew --prefix asdf)/libexec/asdf.sh
. $(brew --prefix asdf)/etc/bash_completion.d/asdf.bash

Completions may have been configured as per Homebrew's instructions so follow their guide to find out what to remove.

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

brew uninstall asdf --force

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Bash & Homebrew (macOS)

If using macOS Catalina or newer, the default shell has changed to ZSH. If you can't find any config in your ~/.bash_profile it may be in a ~/.zshrc in which case please follow the ZSH instructions.

1. In your ~/.bash_profile remove the lines that source asdf.sh and the completions:

. $(brew --prefix asdf)/libexec/asdf.sh
. $(brew --prefix asdf)/etc/bash_completion.d/asdf.bash

Completions may have been configured as per Homebrew's instructions so follow their guide to find out what to remove.

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

brew uninstall asdf --force

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Bash & Pacman

1. In your ~/.bashrc remove the lines that source asdf.sh and the completions:

. /opt/asdf-vm/asdf.sh

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

pacman -Rs asdf-vm

3. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

rm -rf "${ASDF_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.asdf}"

4. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Fish & Git

1. In your ~/.config/fish/config.fish remove the lines that source asdf.fish:

source ~/.asdf/asdf.fish

and remove completions with this command:

rm -rf ~/.config/fish/completions/asdf.fish

2. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

rm -rf (string join : -- $ASDF_DATA_DIR $HOME/.asdf)

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Fish & Homebrew

1. In your ~/.config/fish/config.fish remove the lines that source asdf.fish:

source "(brew --prefix asdf)"/libexec/asdf.fish

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

brew uninstall asdf --force

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Fish & Pacman

1. In your ~/.config/fish/config.fish remove the lines that source asdf.fish:

source /opt/asdf-vm/asdf.fish

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

pacman -Rs asdf-vm

3. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

rm -rf (string join : -- $ASDF_DATA_DIR $HOME/.asdf)

4. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Elvish & Git

1. In your ~/.config/elvish/rc.elv remove the lines that use the asdf module:

use asdf _asdf; var asdf~ = $_asdf:asdf~
set edit:completion:arg-completer[asdf] = $_asdf:arg-completer~

and uninstall the asdf module with this command:

rm -f ~/.config/elvish/lib/asdf.elv

2. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

if (!=s $E:ASDF_DATA_DIR "") { rm -rf $E:ASDF_DATA_DIR } else { rm -rf ~/.asdf }

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Elvish & Homebrew

1. In your ~/.config/elvish/rc.elv remove the lines that use the asdf module:

use asdf _asdf; var asdf~ = $_asdf:asdf~
set edit:completion:arg-completer[asdf] = $_asdf:arg-completer~

and uninstall the asdf module with this command:

rm -f ~/.config/elvish/lib/asdf.elv

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

brew uninstall asdf --force

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

Elvish & Pacman

1. In your ~/.config/elvish/rc.elv remove the lines that use the asdf module:

use asdf _asdf; var asdf~ = $_asdf:asdf~
set edit:completion:arg-completer[asdf] = $_asdf:arg-completer~

and uninstall the asdf module with this command:

rm -f ~/.config/elvish/lib/asdf.elv

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

pacman -Rs asdf-vm

3. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

if (!=s $E:ASDF_DATA_DIR "") { rm -rf $E:ASDF_DATA_DIR } else { rm -rf ~/.asdf }

4. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

ZSH & Git

1. In your ~/.zshrc remove the lines that source asdf.sh and completions:

. "$HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh"
# ...
fpath=(${ASDF_DIR}/completions $fpath)
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

OR the ZSH Framework plugin if used.

2. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

rm -rf "${ASDF_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.asdf}"

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

ZSH & Homebrew

1. In your ~/.zshrc remove the lines that source asdf.sh:

. $(brew --prefix asdf)/libexec/asdf.sh

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

brew uninstall asdf --force && brew autoremove

3. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

ZSH & Pacman

1. In your ~/.zshrc remove the lines that source asdf.sh:

. /opt/asdf-vm/asdf.sh

2. Uninstall with your package manager:

pacman -Rs asdf-vm

3. Remove the $HOME/.asdf dir:

rm -rf "${ASDF_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.asdf}"

4. Run this command to remove all asdf config files:

rm -rf "$HOME/.tool-versions" "$HOME/.asdfrc"

That's it! 🎉