# pnpm

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: PNPM, p npm

A [JavaScript](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/javascript) [package manager](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/package-manager) that works like [npm](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/npm) but saves [disk](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/filesystem) space and installs faster by sharing packages between projects.

**For example:** A team switches its large project to pnpm and installs take a fraction of the time.

Official site: <https://pnpm.io>

## Connects to (4)

- [Package manager](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/package-manager): A tool that downloads and updates the pieces of shared code, called packages, that a project depends on.
- [npm](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/npm): The standard package manager for JavaScript, and the public registry that holds millions of shared JavaScript packages.
- [JavaScript](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/javascript): The programming language that runs in every web browser, and also on servers.
- [Open source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source): Software whose code is published for anyone to read, use and build on, under a license that sets the rules for doing so.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pnpm