Force correct Node.js version with npm

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You want everybody in your project to use a specific node version. One of the possibilities to achieve this, is by restricting it with configuration. This can be done with just two steps:

• set engines in package.json
• enforce with engine-strict per project

In this example we want at minimum of node version 12:

Set engines at root level in package.json:

{
  ...
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=12"
  },
  ...
}

So now we tell everybody using this project (or package) which node version is required. For more info on how to define more specific versions have a look at: https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#engines

Next step is to enforce the version in node. This can be achieved by an npm config called engine-strict. We can set this per project with an .npmrc file which should be created next to package.json.

Inside .npmrc:

engine-strict=true

https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#engine-strict

And that’s it! :)
You should get an error when you try to execute e.g. npm run start .

Another Option that works:
https://medium.com/@adambisek/how-to-check-minimum-required-node-js-version-4a78a8855a0f