What is the difference between npm and yarn ?

  • NPM stands for Node Package Manager.
  • YARN stands for Yet Another Resource Negotiator.
  • Both NPM and YARN are package managers for public or private packages.
  • YARN was developed by Facebook to fix performance and security issues with npm.
  • NPM generates package-lock.json file
  • YARN generates yarn.lock file
  • NPM installs dependencies Sequentially.
  • YARN installs dependencies parellelly.
  • NPM maintains global package cache, which stores downloaded packages. This global cache shares across all projects, which saves disk space and reduce redundant downloads.
  • YARN maintains cache for each project seperately. Which increases reliability and ensures consistent package versions.

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