When to use Yarn over NPM? What are the differences?

Question

What are the differences between Yarn and NPM? At the time of writing this question I can only find some articles on the Internet showing what\'s the Yarn equvalent of an NP

Answer 1

What is PNPM?

pnpm uses hard links and symlinks to save one version of a module only ever once on a disk. When using npm or Yarn for example, if you have 100 projects using the same version of lodash, you will have 100 copies of lodash on disk. With pnpm, lodash will be saved in a single place on the disk and a hard link will put it into the node_modules where it should be installed.

As a result, you save gigabytes of space on your disk and you have a lot faster installations! If you'd like more details about the unique node_modules structure that pnpm creates and why it works fine with the Node.js ecosystem, read this small article: Why should we use pnpm?

How to install PNPM?

npm install -g pnpm

How to install npm package using PNPM?

pnpm install -g typescript // or your desired package

Benefits of PNPM over Yarn and NPM

Here is progress-bar showing installation time taken by NPM, YARN and PNPM (shorter-bar is better)

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for more details, visit https://www.npmjs.com/package/pnpm