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pnpm

Fast, disk space efficient package manager

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What is pnpm?

pnpm is a fast, disk space efficient package manager for JavaScript that works with the npm and Yarn registries. It uses hard links and symlinks to save disk space and improve installation speed. It also has a strict node_modules structure that helps to avoid issues with phantom dependencies.

What are pnpm's main functionalities?

Installing packages

Installs the lodash package into your project. This is similar to npm install or yarn add.

pnpm install lodash

Creating a new project

Initializes a new package.json file for your project, similar to npm init or yarn init.

pnpm init

Adding a package to dependencies

Adds the react package to your project's dependencies, similar to npm install react --save or yarn add react.

pnpm add react

Adding a package to devDependencies

Adds the typescript package to your project's devDependencies, similar to npm install typescript --save-dev or yarn add typescript --dev.

pnpm add --save-dev typescript

Updating packages

Updates all the packages in your project to their latest versions based on the specified ranges in package.json, similar to npm update or yarn upgrade.

pnpm update

Running scripts

Runs the script named 'build' specified in your package.json, similar to npm run build or yarn run build.

pnpm run build

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Package last updated on 22 Aug 2024

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