pnpm
brew install pnpmAlso known as: pnpm@12
Fast, disk space efficient package manager
License: MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/pnpm.json
Formula code: pnpm.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 12.18.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Other versions:
| pnpm@11 | 11.28.9 | Fast, disk space efficient package manager |
| pnpm@10 | 10.34.9 | Fast, disk space efficient package manager |
| pnpm@9 | 9.15.9 | Fast, disk space efficient package manager |
Depends on when building from source:
| esbuild | 0.28.2 | Extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier |
| node | 26.13.1 | Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment |
| rust | 1.99.1 | Safe, concurrent, practical language |
Conflicts with: corepack (because both install `pnpm` and `pnpx` binaries)
Binaries:
pn,
pnpm,
pnpx,
pnx
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 269,010 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 6,994,579 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 41,929 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 6.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:51:32Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 41,856 | 128,474 | 620,227 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 73 | 240 | 1,104 |
| Installs on Request | 41,144 | 126,762 | 614,420 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 73 | 240 | 1,104 |
| Build Errors | 33 |