unjs/upm
📦 A fast, tiny package manager for the npm registry, written in TypeScript.
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⚡ A fast, tiny package manager for the npm registry, written in TypeScript. There are already several popular package managers: Furthermore: 💡 upm started as an experiment: how fast and small can an npm client be in pure TypeScript, making the most of what Node.js already provides? And answer turned out to be possbile! Install upm globally. The scripts check for Node.js 22.3+, then install upm with npm. Then install your project's dependencies: Commit upm.lock with your package.json. When switching to upm, delete the old nodemodules first. Otherwise, your code may still import old packages. Use --dir to choose a project directory. Otherwise, install commands look for the nearest package.json above the current directory, or the workspace root that lists it. --dir uses the directory you give it; for a workspace tree, point it at the root and use -w where supported. Most commands support --json for machine-readable results. Progress…
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- 🤔 Why another package manager?
- Get started
- Quick reference
- Add and remove packages
- Install from a tarball
- Link a directory
- Install from git
- Override dependencies
- Performance
- JavaScript API
- Store backend
- Lockfiles and CI
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📦 A fast, tiny package manager for the npm registry, written in TypeScript.
Repository facts
- Owner
- unjs
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 191
- Forks
- 6
- Open issues + pull requests
- 2
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-09-23T18:20:35.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-09-30T05:23:51.000Z
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