Why I Switched from npm to pnpm (And Why You Should Too)

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0530

If you write JavaScript or TypeScript professionally, you’ve used npm. It ships with Node.js, it’s everywhere, and for years it was the only game in town. But after running npm on real-world projects — enterprise monorepos, Next.js apps, Angular dashboards, CI pipelines that bill by the minute — I can tell you: npm is holding you back.

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Why I Switched from npm to pnpm (And Why You Should Too)