Tuesday, 3 December, 2019 UTC
Summary
Here’s a cheat sheet you can use as a handy reference for npm & Yarn.
There’s a lot of similarities between npm and Yarn. As the newer technology Yarn (released 2016) drew a lot of inspiration from npm (2010).
On the flip-side, their similarities can lead to confusion and silly mistakes if you find yourself using both package managers. Hopefully this cheat sheet will serve as a handy reference! 🐊
npm vs Yarn | Command | npm | yarn |
|---|---|---|
| Install dependencies | npm install | yarn |
| Install package | npm install [package] | yarn add [package] |
| Install dev package | npm install --save-dev [package] | yarn add --dev [package] |
| Uninstall package | npm uninstall [package] | yarn remove [package] |
| Uninstall dev package | npm uninstall --save-dev [package] | yarn remove [package] |
| Update | npm update | yarn upgrade |
| Update package | npm update [package] | yarn upgrade [package] |
| Global install package | npm install --global [package] | yarn global add [package] |
| Global uninstall package | npm uninstall --global [package] | yarn global remove [package] |
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There are some commands that Yarn decided not to change. Here’s a quick breakdown:
| npm | yarn |
|---|---|
npm init | yarn init |
npm run | yarn run |
npm test | yarn test |
npm login (and logout) | yarn login (and logout) |
npm link | yarn link |
npm publish | yarn publish |
npm cache clean | yarn cache clean |