pnpm vs yarn
Package managers · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
pnpm is downloaded about 24× as often as yarn — 223,195,967 versus 9,428,906 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, pnpm downloads changed +75.5% and yarn +6.8% compared with the 90 days before, so pnpm is growing faster.
● pnpm● yarnweekly downloads, last 12 months
Log scale — each grid line is 10× the one below, so both packages stay readable.
| pnpm | yarn | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 223,195,967 | 9,428,906 |
| Monthly downloads | 903,210,959 | 42,467,514 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 4,649,085,008 | 429,246,733 |
| 90-day growth | +75.5% | +6.8% |
| Latest version | 12.14.0 | 1.22.22 |
| License | MIT | BSD-2-Clause |
| Direct dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Description | Fast, disk space efficient package manager | 📦🐈 Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management. |
Download counts come from the public npm registry API and include CI and mirror traffic, so treat them as a popularity signal, not a user count.