# pnpm

> Fast, disk space efficient package manager

Latest version **12.4.2** (published 2026-09-15) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install pnpm
pnpm add pnpm
yarn add pnpm
bun add pnpm
```

Provides the commands `pn`, `pnx`, `pnpm`, `pnpx`.

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads; no types.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 12.4.2 |
| Published | 2026-09-15 |
| First published | 2013-03-08 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | ESM |
| Node | >=18.* |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 3.8 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | yes |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 36537 |
| Maintainers | zkochan, pnpmuser |
| Keywords | pnpm, package manager, rust |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pnpm
- Repository: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm
- Homepage: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/tree/main/pnpm
- Issues: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/pnpm

## Recent versions

- 12.4.2 (latest) — 2026-09-15
- 12.5.0 (next-12) — 2026-09-18
- 11.27.0 (next-11) — 2026-09-12
- 11.26.0 (latest-11) — 2026-09-06
- 10.34.5 (latest-10) — 2026-07-10
- 9.15.9 (latest-9) — 2025-03-10
- 8.15.9 (latest-8) — 2024-07-17
- 7.33.7 (next-7) — 2024-02-15
- 7.33.5 (latest-7) — 2023-07-18
- 6.35.1 (latest-6) — 2022-11-11
- 0.0.0-pr4475.1 (pr4475) — 2022-05-13
- 6.23.7-202112041634 (dev) — 2021-12-04
- 5.18.10 (latest-5) — 2021-08-21
- 4.14.4 (latest-4) — 2020-05-23
- 3.8.1 (latest-3) — 2019-09-01
- … 1308 more at https://npm.io/package/pnpm/versions

## README

[简体中文](https://pnpm.io/zh/) |
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[한국어](https://pnpm.io/ko/) |
[Italiano](https://pnpm.io/it/) |
[Português Brasileiro](https://pnpm.io/pt/)

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Fast, disk space efficient package manager:

* **Fast.** Up to 2x faster than the alternatives (see [benchmark](#benchmark)).
* **Efficient.** Files inside `node_modules` are linked from a single content-addressable storage.
* **[Great for monorepos](https://pnpm.io/workspaces).**
* **Strict.** A package can access only dependencies that are specified in its `package.json`.
* **Deterministic.** Has a lockfile called `pnpm-lock.yaml`.
* **Works as a Node.js version manager.** See [pnpm runtime](https://pnpm.io/11.x/cli/runtime).
* **Works everywhere.** Supports Windows, Linux, and macOS.
* **Battle-tested.** Used in production by teams of [all sizes](https://pnpm.io/workspaces#usage-examples) since 2016.
* [See the full feature comparison with npm and Yarn](https://pnpm.io/feature-comparison).

To quote the [Rush](https://rushjs.io/) team:

> Microsoft uses pnpm in Rush repos with hundreds of projects and hundreds of PRs per day, and we’ve found it to be very fast and reliable.

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## Background

pnpm uses a content-addressable filesystem to store all files from all module directories on a disk.
When using npm, if you have 100 projects using lodash, you will have 100 copies of lodash on disk.
With pnpm, lodash will be stored in a content-addressable storage, so:

1. If you depend on different versions of lodash, only the files that differ are added to the store.
  If lodash has 100 files, and a new version has a change only in one of those files,
  `pnpm update` will only add 1 new file to the storage.
1. All the files are saved in a single place on the disk. When packages are installed, their files are linked
  from that single place consuming no additional disk space. Linking is performed using either hard-links or reflinks (copy-on-write).

As a result, you save gigabytes of space on your disk and you have a lot faster installations!
If you'd like more details about the unique `node_modules` structure that pnpm creates and
why it works fine with the Node.js ecosystem, read this small article: [Flat node_modules is not the only way](https://pnpm.io/blog/2020/05/27/flat-node-modules-is-not-the-only-way).

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## Installation

For installation options [visit our website](https://pnpm.io/installation).

## Usage

Just use pnpm in place of npm/Yarn. E.g., install dependencies via:

```
pnpm install
```

For more advanced usage, read [pnpm CLI](https://pnpm.io/pnpm-cli) on our website, or run `pnpm help`.

## Benchmark

pnpm is up to 2x faster than npm and Yarn classic. See all benchmarks [here](https://r.pnpm.io/benchmarks).

Benchmarks on an app with lots of dependencies:

![](https://pnpm.io/img/benchmarks/alotta-files.svg)

## Support

- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://pnpm.io/faq)
- [X](https://x.com/pnpmjs)
- [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/pnpm.io)
- [Discord](https://r.pnpm.io/chat)

## License

[MIT](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/main/LICENSE)

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