Features

Fast

FNPM is built with speed in mind. It's blazing fast.

FNPM uses hardlinks to install packages, saving a lot of your disk space.

FNPM uses edge caching to make your packages even faster.

FNPM is open source, so you can contribute to it.

Here's a comparison between FNPM and other package managers in a project with many dependencies.

FNPM install (with cache / with lockfile) 3.76s

FNPM install (with cache / no lockfile) 5.99s

NPM install (with cache / with lockfile) 17.48s

NPM install (with cache / no lockfile) 22.49s

YARN install (with cache / with lockfile) 28.25s

YARN install (with cache / no lockfile) 105.6s

FNPM install (no cache / no lockfile) 122.4s

YARN install (no cache / no lockfile) 127.8s

NPM install (no cache / no lockfile) 155.4s