diff --git a/redis-commander/install.ps1 b/redis-commander/install.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd4d12091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redis-commander/install.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+
+###########################
+# Install redis-commander #
+###########################
+
+function command-v-silent($cmdname) {
+    $my_cmd = Get-Command $command -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    # $my_path = $my_cmd | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Definition
+
+    if ($my_cmd) {
+        return True
+    }
+    return False
+}
+
+function mktemp-d-t() {
+    # create random suffix for dirname
+    $my_bytes = New-Object byte[] 4
+    $my_rng = [Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider]::Create()
+    $my_rng.GetBytes($bytes)
+    $my_hex_delimited = [BitConverter]::ToString($bytes)
+    $my_hex = $my_hex_delimited -replace "-", ""
+
+    # create random directory
+    $my_systmpdir = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
+    $my_tmpdir =  Join-Path "$my_systmpdir" "$my_hex"
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "$my_tmpdir"
+
+    return "$my_tmpdir"
+}
+
+function npm-install-global($pkgname) {
+    # Fetch npm package manager
+    Write-Output "Checking for npm..."
+    if (-Not (command-v-silent("npm"))) {
+        & "$Env:USERPROFILE\.local\bin\webi-pwsh.ps1" node
+    }
+
+    if (command-v-silent($pkgname)) {
+        $my_cmd = Get-Command $pkgname
+        $my_cmd Select-Object -ExpandProperty Definition
+        Write-Host "Found '$my_cmd'"
+        return
+    }
+
+    $my_tmpdir = mktemp-d-t()
+
+    # npm install works best from a directory with no package.json
+    Push-Location "$my_tmpdir"
+    if (command-v-silent("npm")) {
+        & npm --location-golbal redis-commander
+    } else {
+        & "$Env:USERPROFILE\.local\opt\node\npm" --location-golbal "$pkgname"
+    }
+    Pop-Location
+}
+
+npm-install-global redis-commander
diff --git a/redis-commander/install.sh b/redis-commander/install.sh
index 2b3319565..3913f3da2 100644
--- a/redis-commander/install.sh
+++ b/redis-commander/install.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,19 @@ set -e
 set -u
 
 __init_redis_commander() {
-    if [ -z "$(npm --version 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
-        "$HOME/.local/bin/webi" node
+    if test -z "$(npm --version 2> /dev/null)"; then
+        ~/.local/bin/webi node
         export PATH="$HOME/.local/opt/node/bin:$PATH"
     fi
-    npm install -g redis-commander@latest
+
+    # In recent versions of node (~v18+), npm:
+    #   - requires '--location=global' rather than '-g'
+    #   - will modify 'package.json' when it shouldn't
+    my_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d -t "webi-npm-tmp.XXXXXXXXXX")"
+    (
+        cd "${my_tmpdir}" || exit 1
+        npm install --location=global redis-commander@latest
+    )
 }
 
 __init_redis_commander