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pnpm

Fast, disk-efficient package manager. Content-addressable global store, strict dependency resolution, first-class workspaces. Default for many TypeScript monorepos.

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pnpm stores every package version once on disk in a content-addressable store and uses hard links and symlinks to materialize node_modules per project. The result: faster installs, far less disk usage, and stricter dependency resolution that catches phantom-dependency bugs npm tolerates. Workspaces are first-class and pair naturally with Turborepo or Nx. Many DD apps and most modern TypeScript monorepos use pnpm as their default.

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Last verified October 17, 2026

Pricing: Free and open source (MIT); the pnpr/ directory in the repo is source-available under the PolyForm Shield License 1.0.0
Install: curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -
Invoke-WebRequest https://get.pnpm.io/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | Invoke-Expression
npx get-pnpm
Models: Not an AI tool. pnpm 12 is a Rust rewrite with native binaries for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, and Android, and it needs no Node.js once installed. It works with the npm registry, manages workspaces, and can install Node.js through pnpm runtime.
Recent changes: Oct 1512.14.0 adds the sideEffectsCache.exclude setting, stops pnpm install from waiting on the daily update check, and no longer aborts with a core dump when the reader of its output exits.
Oct 1012.12.0 shares task results and dependency builds through a remote cache, adds the addMissingPeerTypes setting, and fixes dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds running build scripts that allowBuilds denies.
Aug 26pnpm 12.0 goes stable: a Rust rewrite meant to upgrade from pnpm 11 without a migration. It adds project-aware global bins and the ability to install other package managers.

Sources: Installation, pnpm blog (release notes), pnpm 12.0 release, GitHub repository

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