What makes pnpm performant | Zoltan Kochan | ViteConf 2022

Discover what makes pnpm the performant package manager for Monorepos, with its content-addressable store, side effects caching, and linear disk usage.

Key takeaways

Pnpm is a package manager that can handle Monorepos by creating isolated node modules, which prevents indirect dependencies from being hoisted to the root of the node modules.
Pnpm uses a content-addressable store by default, which allows it to use disk space more efficiently compared to npm or yarn.
Pnpm is faster than npm or yarn because it uses a different algorithm to resolve and fetch packages, and it immediately writes packages to the node modules directory.
Pnpm allows for side effects caching and has a flat node modules structure, which makes it easier to maintain and learn for new contributors.
Pnpm’s algorithm is complex, but it can be configured to work with certain tools that don’t like symlinks.
Pnpm uses hard links to store files, which means that it doesn’t create duplicate files and can efficiently use disk space.
Pnpm is supported by a lot of great companies, including Bit.
Pnpm’s maintainers have worked hard to fix the issues of nested node modules and non-determinism.
Pnpm is the official package manager shipped by Node.js, and it has been integrated with Yarn to provide a more reliable and efficient package manager.
Pnpm has features that are not available in npm or yarn, such as a side effects cache and a flat node modules structure.
Pnpm’s disk usage is linear, so if you have 10 or 20 JavaScript projects on your PC, your dependencies might consume 10, 20, 30 gigabytes of disk space.
Pnpm is a great tool for managing Node.js versions, and it can even manage virtual stores.
Pnpm has a command called pnpm nviews that allows you to install Node.js versions.

What makes pnpm performant | Zoltan Kochan | ViteConf 2022

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