Package Manager

A package manager is a tool that allows you to manage your dependencies and automate the process of installing and updating them.

Solution: pnpm

pnpm is a fast, disk space-efficient package manager whose strictness helps prevent dependency tree bugs.

Key selling points

Super fast thanks to its installation strategy using symlinks with smaller disk space footprint

Stricter dependency resolution which helps avoid version mismatch bugs

Great support for monorepositories with workspaces

Install pnpm

You can install pnpm following the instructions on the pnpm installation guide.

You can expect the same functionalities and commands as npm or yarn. You can find the important commands in the pnpm docs.

pnpm install # install your project dependencies

pnpm add <package> # add a new dependency

pnpm init # initialize a new project

Recipe: pnpm with Github Actions

You can use the pnpm/action-setup action to install pnpm in your CI/CD pipeline. Here is an example of a Github Actions workflow:

steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
  - name: Install pnpm
    uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
    with:
      version: 10
  - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
    with:
      node-version: lts/*
      cache: "pnpm"
  - name: Install dependencies
    run: pnpm install