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Pnpm

pnpm, or Performant npm, is one of the main JavaScript package managers, originally developed in 2016 by Rico Sta. Cruz for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment. It focuses on being a disk space-efficient alternative to npm.

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pnpm
DevelopersZoltan Kochan and other contributors
Initial release28 June 2017 (2017-06-28)
Stable release
10.33.01 Edit this on Wikidata / 24 March 2026 (24 March 2026)
Written inTypeScript, JavaScript
PlatformCross-platform
TypePackage manager
LicenseMIT License
Websitepnpm.io Edit this at Wikidata
Repository

pnpm, or Performant npm,2 is one of the main JavaScript package managers,3 originally developed in 2016 by Rico Sta. Cruz for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment.4 It focuses on being a disk space-efficient alternative to npm.56

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References

References

  1. "Release pnpm 10.33".
  2. "Frequently Asked Questions | pnpm". pnpm.io. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  3. "Package management basics". MDN. 2022-09-28.
  4. pnpm. "Initial commit · pnpm/pnpm@4b42e5f". GitHub. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
  5. Lawson, Loraine (20 April 2024). "Dev News: Vercel Preps for React 19; New jQuery, pnpm Releases". thenewstack.io. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  6. Adam D. Scott; Matthew MacDonald; Shelley Powers (16 July 2021). JavaScript Cookbook (3 ed.). O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1492055709. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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