I have just used this trick to package Node.js as a Python package [0], so you can just do: pip install nodejs-bin to install it. This works particularly w

I have just used this trick to package Node.js as a Python package [0], so you can just do: pip install nodejs-bin to install it. This works particularly well in combination with Python virtual environments (or docker), it will allow you to have a specific version of Node for a particular project without additional tooling. Just add "nodejs-bin" to your requirements.txt. You can also add it as an optional dependency on another Python package. That's my plan with the full stack Python/Django/Apline.js framework I'm building (Tetra[1]), that way users will be able to optional do this to setup the full project including Node.js: pip install tetraframework[full] The framework uses esbuild, and will use PostCSS. It was either package them with the framework (including Node.js), or create a way to easily install Node.js for Python developers using the tools they are most used to. It's brand new, I have only packed Node.js v16 so far. Once I'm happy there are no show stopping issues the plan is to release wheels for current+LTS Node.js versions as they come out. Developer UX is my number one priority and removing the need for two toolchains is an important part of that. [0]: https://pypi.org/project/nodejs-bin/ https://pypi.org/project/nodejs-bin/ [1]: http://tetraframework.com http://tetraframework.com