Move to pnpm from NPM Now
The article advocates for developers to switch from npm to pnpm as their package manager. It highlights that pnpm offers significant improvements in speed and security compared to npm. The author shares personal experiences and reasons for making the transition to pnpm.
- ▪pnpm 11 was released in late April 2026, marking a significant improvement over npm.
- ▪The gap between npm and pnpm has shifted from being worth considering to hard to ignore.
- ▪Many developers stick with npm due to inertia and familiarity, as it comes bundled with Node.js.
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- ▪ You Should Move to pnpm from npm Now — r/programming
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| Original publisher | Medium |
| Canonical URL | https://blog.prateekjain.dev/you-should-move-to-pnpm-from-npm-now-6e84b6cc7778 |
| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 18:55:28 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-22T19:02:02.773Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-22T19:02:02.773Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Member-only storyYou Should Move to pnpm from npm NowUpgrade your package manager before a supply chain attack makes that decision for you.Prateek Jain7 min read·14 hours ago--ListenSharePress enter or click to view image in full sizeIf you’re still using npm as your default package manager in 2026, I don’t blame you. npm works. It’s the default. It’s what every tutorial uses. It’s what comes bundled with Node.js, and changing it feels like one of those low-priority tasks that never makes it onto a sprint.But after pnpm 11 shipped in late April 2026, the gap between npm and pnpm went from “worth considering” to “hard to ignore.” And the gap isn’t just about speed anymore.
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