Portable Node.js and NPM on windows

Portable Node.js andNPM on windows.md

1. Get node binary (node.exe) from http://nodejs.org/download/
2. Create the folder where node will reside and move node.exe to it
3. Download the last zip version of npm from http://nodejs.org/dist/npm
4. Unpack the zip inside the node folder
5. Download the last tgz version of npm from http://nodejs.org/dist/npm
6. Open the tgz file and unpack only the file bin/npm (without extension) directly on the node folder.
7. Add the the node folder and the packages/bin folder to PATH
8. On a command prompt execute npm install -g npm to update npm to the latest version

Now you can use npm and node from windows cmd or from bash shell like Git Bash of msysgit.

2024 updated guide created by me - https://rentry.co/node-portable

Thanks to @progmars

2024 updated guide created by me - https://rentry.co/node-portable

Thanks to @progmars

Thank you!

I was able to print the node version from the binary files you have provided

It's even easier, if you just use:
npm config set prefix "D:\node\node_modules_new" for the downloaded modules (use your own path of course, but you need to make a new node_modules directory in besides the node_modules in the nodejs directory)
Then for the path in nodevars.bat:
set "PATH=%~dp0\node_modules_new\bin;%PATH%"

Video instructions

Link to NodeJS portable repo:
https://github.com/crazy-max/nodejs-portable

How.to.install.and.use.NodeJS.portable.on.Windows.mp4