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I've been enjoying pnpm as my node package manager for about a year now. <https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm> https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm> It centrally downloads a

I've been enjoying pnpm as my node package manager for about a year now. <https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm> https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm> It centrally downloads all of the modules and then "symlinks" them into your `node_modules` folder. This is nice because one, it uses less disk space, two, if you've already downloaded a package at a particular version it links it out of the local repo. Also uses shrinkwrap to handle package locking.

finchisko 8y ago
Yes, pnpm is awesome. Only occasional issue was for me, that it didn't installed peerDependencies by default. Also not sure if it's gonna work in environments like react-native (never tested).
- pitaj 8y ago
  Neither do yarn or npm AFAIK
foob 8y ago
I agree, pnpm is excellent. The node_modules directory can easily take up hundreds of megabytes, and the storage space savings that pnpm provides are really convenient when you write a lot of small projects with similar sets of dependencies. I did a comprehensive benchmarking comparison on npm, pnpm, and yarn a while back, and pnpm was the clear winner for my needs [1]. Those benchmarks are admittedly outdated now because, as this submission points out, npm 6 introduced significant improvements over npm 5. Despite that, pnpm is still an underappreciated contender in the space. - [1] https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm - [2] https://intoli.com/blog/node-package-manager-benchmarks/ https://intoli.com/blog/node-package-manager-benchmarks/
jessaustin 8y ago
I always wondered why npm didn't use symlinks more... (at all?)
remyrylan 8y ago
Been using pnpm for about 3 months solid now and I'm a huge fan. Most packages rely on node's built-in resolve system and have no problem with pnpm's symlinks. For packages like Jest and Webpack that have some custom resolve logic, I just use the `--shamefully-flatten=true` option and everything is perfect. Saved me over 6GB on my file system across several projects. Big thumbs up from me.

finchisko 8y ago

Yes, pnpm is awesome. Only occasional issue was for me, that it didn't installed peerDependencies by default. Also not sure if it's gonna work in environments like react-native (never tested).

pitaj 8y ago
Neither do yarn or npm AFAIK

foob 8y ago

I agree, pnpm is excellent. The node_modules directory can easily take up hundreds of megabytes, and the storage space savings that pnpm provides are really convenient when you write a lot of small projects with similar sets of dependencies. I did a comprehensive benchmarking comparison on npm, pnpm, and yarn a while back, and pnpm was the clear winner for my needs [1]. Those benchmarks are admittedly outdated now because, as this submission points out, npm 6 introduced significant improvements over npm 5. Despite that, pnpm is still an underappreciated contender in the space. - [1] https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm - [2] https://intoli.com/blog/node-package-manager-benchmarks/ https://intoli.com/blog/node-package-manager-benchmarks/

jessaustin 8y ago

I always wondered why npm didn't use symlinks more... (at all?)

remyrylan 8y ago

Been using pnpm for about 3 months solid now and I'm a huge fan. Most packages rely on node's built-in resolve system and have no problem with pnpm's symlinks. For packages like Jest and Webpack that have some custom resolve logic, I just use the `--shamefully-flatten=true` option and everything is perfect. Saved me over 6GB on my file system across several projects. Big thumbs up from me.