pnpm
A Node.js package manager that saves disk space by hard-linking packages from a shared store.
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2 more ways to get pnpm
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install pnpm - Homebrew
brew install pnpm
About pnpm
pnpm is a drop-in replacement for npm. Files inside node_modules are hard-linked from a single content-addressable store, so a package version used by many projects is kept on disk once. Resolution, fetching and linking run in parallel, which makes installs quick, especially on a warm store.
It has first-class monorepo support with a workspace protocol, filtering to run tasks only in changed projects, a single lockfile, and catalogs for defining a dependency version once. Its strict layout stops code from importing packages it never declared.
Strengths
- One copy of each package version on disk across projects
- Fast parallel installs
- Strong monorepo and workspace features
- Strict dependency layout catches undeclared imports
Limitations
- Strict layout can break tools that assume npm's flat node_modules
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- The pnpm contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- JavaScript developers with many projects or large monorepos
- Categories
- Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to pnpm
Compare allSoftware that can replace pnpm for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Yarn
An independent open-source JavaScript package manager built around workspaces, with plugins and reproducible installs.
Yarn offers workspaces, a plugin system and a Plug'n'Play mode without node_modules, instead of pnpm's hard-linked shared store.
Bun
A JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner and package manager in one executable, built as a faster drop-in for Node.js.
Bun includes a fast package manager inside a single runtime, bundler and test runner executable, though its Node compatibility is not complete.
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