Pnpm

{{Short description|JavaScript package manager}}

{{lowercase title}}

{{Infobox software

| title = pnpm

| logo = Pnpm logo.svg

| developer = Various

| released = {{Start date and age|df=y|2016|08|21}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}

| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|single|P348|P577}}}}

| programming language = TypeScript, JavaScript

| platform = Cross-platform

| genre = Package manager

| website = {{Official URL}}

| license = MIT License

}}

pnpm, or Performant Node Package Manager, is one of the main JavaScript package managers,{{Cite web|date=2022-09-28|title=Package management basics|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Tools_and_testing/Understanding_client-side_tools/Package_management#a_rough_guide_to_package_manager_clients|website=MDN}} developed in 2016 by Zoltan Kochan for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment.{{cite news |title=Bun 1.0 is out of the oven |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2334788/bun-10-is-out-of-the-oven.html |first=Paul |last=Krill |access-date=11 September 2024 |work=InfoWorld |date=8 September 2023}} It focuses on being a disk space-efficient alternative to npm.{{cite news |title=Dev News: Vercel Preps for React 19; New jQuery, pnpm Releases |url=https://thenewstack.io/dev-news-vercel-preps-for-react-19-new-jquery-pnpm-releases/ |first=Loraine|last=Lawson|access-date=11 September 2024 |work=thenewstack.io |date=20 April 2024}}{{cite book |author1=Adam D. Scott |author2=Matthew MacDonald |author3=Shelley Powers |title=JavaScript Cookbook |date=16 July 2021 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |isbn=978-1492055709 |edition=3 |access-date=12 September 2024 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4NA4EAAAQBAJ }}