Solve the engine “node” is incompatible with this module — Fix the create command

This is assumed you are on the Mac machine

You can check the Node.js version with the following command

node -v
16.x.x

Then you use the homebrew to remove the Node.js

brew remove node

Then you search for the version that you targeting

brew search node

node@14
node@16
node@18
node@20

You should install the latest long term support version (LTS version)

At Feb 2024, it is Node.js 20 so I install it by

brew install node@20

Don’t forget to link it by the command suggested by homebrew.

Adding this line to the end of ~/.zshrc

export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/node@20/bin:$PATH"

Then source the file

source ~/.zshrc

Here you go with the Node version you are expecting

node -v
v20.11.1

Bonus: Fixing create command

If there is an error on the create command, you can also fix it by upgrading it after upgrading the Node.js version.

yarn global upgrade

Then the yarn create command should be fine. For example,

yarn create vite demo-ptg --template react-ts