pnpm

pnpm is a fast, disk-efficient package manager for JavaScript that uses a content-addressable store and symlinked node_modules to eliminate duplicate dependencies across projects.

When to Use

• Fast, Disk-Efficient JavaScript Package Management: Saving gigabytes of disk space via a content-addressable hard-link store.
• Strict Dependency Resolution: Eliminating phantom dependencies (preventing access to unlisted transitive packages).
• Enterprise Monorepos: Scaling multi-package workspaces with pnpm-workspace.yaml and fast parallel execution.
• Continuous Integration Optimization: Slashing CI installation times by up to 2x-3x through global store caching.

Quick Start

# Enable via Corepack
corepack enable
corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate