As @pluma mentioned, a "merge" seems unlikely (for one thing they don't share much, if any, code). However, npm could certainly compete with more of yarn's fea

As @pluma mentioned, a "merge" seems unlikely (for one thing they don't share much, if any, code). However, npm could certainly compete with more of yarn's features (fast local cache[0], shorter syntax for running scripts like `npm start`, etc) [0] turns out they did that: https://twitter.com/maybekatz/status/865393382260056064 https://twitter.com/maybekatz/status/865393382260056064 wow!