You don't need either to use Elm. The only way Elm uses node is for `elm repl`, since that needs a way to evaluate the compiled JS on the command line. The on

You don't need either to use Elm. The only way Elm uses node is for `elm repl`, since that needs a way to evaluate the compiled JS on the command line. The only way Elm uses npm is for `npm install --global elm` - but that's just as a convenient way to get a cross-platform installer. All it does is download the `elm` executable and put it on your PATH!