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Install pnpm@9 with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget

Fast, disk space efficient package manager. Version 9.15.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-11. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pnpm.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pnpm@9

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install pnpm

MacPorts ports tree · devel/pnpm/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add pnpm

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · pnpm · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install pnpm

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · pnpm · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#pnpm

nixpkgs package indexes · pnpm · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S pnpm

Arch Linux sync databases · pnpm · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install pnpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · pnpm · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Fast, disk space efficient package manager

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

pnpm 9 is a versioned major line of pnpm, a Node.js package manager that installs registry packages through a shared content-addressable store and supports multi-package workspaces.

Project history

pnpm was developed as an alternative Node.js package manager centered on a content-addressable store, hard links or copy-on-write clones, and a symlinked dependency graph.

pnpm 9.0.0 was released on April 16, 2024. The major release dropped Node.js 16 support and changed workspace-linking and dependency-hoisting defaults.

Adoption history

pnpm gained a distinct place alongside npm and Yarn by offering npm-registry compatibility with a content-addressable store and a non-flat dependency layout. Its built-in workspace support made it particularly useful for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepositories.

The official workspace documentation records adoption by projects including Vite, Vue, Prisma, Next.js, Nuxt, Astro and Turborepo. This demonstrates use beyond pnpm's original disk-efficiency niche.

How it is used

Developers use pnpm 9 to install and update npm-registry dependencies, execute package scripts, maintain pnpm-lock.yaml files and manage monorepos declared by pnpm-workspace.yaml.

Project and registry settings in pnpm 9 commonly live in pnpm-workspace.yaml, package.json and .npmrc files. Registry tokens may be held in project, user or pnpm-global npm-compatible configuration files.

Why package nerds care

pnpm challenged the convention that every project needs independent physical copies of its dependency files. Its shared store and linked node_modules layout reduce duplication while preventing packages from silently importing undeclared dependencies.

The versioned pnpm 9 formula is useful for reproducing projects standardized on that major line, but pnpm's current security policy marks 9.x and older unsupported. Maintainers should therefore treat it as a compatibility package rather than a current secure default.

Timeline

  • 2024: pnpm 9.0.0 was released.
  • 2026: The pnpm security policy listed 9.x and older as unsupported.

Related projects

  • npm provides the registry and package-manifest conventions pnpm interoperates with; Yarn is its other principal independent package-manager alternative; Corepack can select and launch a project-pinned pnpm release.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pnpm@9. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 9 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux
~/.config/pnpm/config.yaml~/.config/pnpm/rc
macOS
~/Library/Preferences/pnpm/config.yaml~/Library/Preferences/pnpm/rc
Unix
./pnpm-workspace.yaml./.npmrc$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pnpm/config.yaml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pnpm/rc
Windows
~/AppData/Local/pnpm/config/config.yaml~/AppData/Local/pnpm/config/rc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux
~/.config/pnpm/auth.ini
Unix
./.npmrc$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pnpm/auth.ini~/.npmrc
Windows
~/AppData/Local/pnpm/config/auth.ini

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04
manager version9.15.9
manager updated2026-09-11
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://pnpm.io/

  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://pnpm.io/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:pnpm@9
Version9.15.9
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pnpm@9
Homepagehttps://pnpm.io/
Upstream docshttps://pnpm.io/
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/pnpm/-/pnpm-9.15.9.tgz
Last updated2026-09-11T13:16:55Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared
Caveatspnpm requires a Node installation to function. You can install one with: brew install node

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namepnpm@9
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedyes
Disabledno
Keg Onlyyes
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix88%

pnpm

nix profile install nixpkgs#pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pnpm from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
apk88%

pnpm 11.24.0-r0

Fast, disk space efficient package manager

https://pnpm.io

sudo apk add pnpm
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pnpm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk88%

pnpm-bash-completion 11.24.0-r0

Bash completions for pnpm

https://pnpm.io

sudo apk add pnpm-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pnpm-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk88%

pnpm-doc 11.24.0-r0

Fast, disk space efficient package manager (documentation)

https://pnpm.io

sudo apk add pnpm-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pnpm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk88%

pnpm-fish-completion 11.24.0-r0

Fish completions for pnpm

https://pnpm.io

sudo apk add pnpm-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pnpm-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk88%

pnpm-zsh-completion 11.24.0-r0

Zsh completions for pnpm

https://pnpm.io

sudo apk add pnpm-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pnpm-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf88%

pnpm 10.33.0-2.fc45

Fast, disk space efficient package manager

https://pnpm.io

sudo dnf install pnpm
  • License: MIT AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND ISC
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: nodejs-pnpm
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pnpm from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst
pacman88%

pnpm 11.3.0-1

Fast, disk space efficient package manager

https://pnpm.io

sudo pacman -S pnpm
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: any
  • 1 dependencies
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: pnpm from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper88%

pnpm 11.9.0-1.1

Package manager for node.js

https://pnpm.io/

sudo zypper install pnpm
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Development/Languages/Other
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pnpm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst
zypper88%

pnpm-bash-completion 11.9.0-1.1

Bash completion for pnpm

https://pnpm.io/

sudo zypper install pnpm-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pnpm-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst
zypper88%

pnpm-fish-completion 11.9.0-1.1

Fish completion for pnpm

https://pnpm.io/

sudo zypper install pnpm-fish-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pnpm-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst
zypper88%

pnpm-zsh-completion 11.9.0-1.1

Zsh completion for pnpm

https://pnpm.io/

sudo zypper install pnpm-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: pnpm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: pnpm-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts88%

pnpm

sudo port install pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/pnpm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey88%

pnpm

choco install pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: pnpm from https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pebear'
Scoop88%

main/pnpm

scoop install main/pnpm
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pnpm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget88%

pnpm.pnpm

winget install --id pnpm.pnpm -e
  • versioned package alias match
  • Matched by: Pnpm
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: pnpm.pnpm from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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