Comparison

pnpm vs Verdaccio

No clear leader: pnpm (70.2) and Verdaccio (67.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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pnpm70
Verdaccio68
Score
vioscaleAI score
pnpm70 / 100medium · 65%
Verdaccio68 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Model
Verdacciofree
Price level
pnpmfree
Verdacciofree
Transparent
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Integrations
Count
pnpm7
Verdaccio5
Adoption
Dependent repos
pnpm600
Verdaccio4,188
Github stars
pnpm36,813
Verdaccio17,912
Package downloads weekly
Verdaccio656,845
Activity
Commits last 30d
pnpm100
Verdaccio63
Release
Cadence days
pnpm–
Verdaccio3
History
Verdaccio20 items
License
Spdx
pnpmMIT
VerdaccioMIT
Language
Primary
pnpmRust
VerdaccioTypeScript
Market
Availability
Verdaccio–
Content
Faq
Verdaccio6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for package registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Role
pnpmPackage manager client
VerdaccioPrivate hosted registry
Ecosystem
Ecosystem / language
pnpmJavaScript
VerdaccioJavaScript
Deployment
Deployment
pnpmCLI-local
VerdaccioCLI-local
Formats
Package formats supported
pnpmMany formats
VerdaccioSingle ecosystem
Hosting
Private / scoped packages
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Upstream proxy / caching
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Resolution
Lockfile / deterministic installs
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Workspaces / monorepo
pnpm✓
Verdaccio-
Content-addressable store
pnpm✓
Verdaccio-
Supply chain
Supply-chain integrity
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Vulnerability / licence scanning
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Licensing
Openness
pnpmOpen-source
VerdaccioOpen-source
Pricing
Pricing model
pnpmFree / OSS
VerdaccioFree / OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

pnpm

A Node.js package manager that stores packages in a single content-addressable store and hard-links them into projects, eliminating duplication across projects and accelerating installation times

Independently observed

Verdaccio

Self-hosted package registry software that lets you publish private packages, cache public ones, and integrate seamlessly with npm, pnpm, or yarn. Designed for both local development and team deployment.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

pnpm

Open source
as of verify ↗

Verdaccio

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
pnpm✗
Verdaccio✓
macOS
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✗
Windows
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✗
Linux
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
CLI
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
pnpm✓
Verdaccio✓
On-premise
pnpm✗
Verdaccio✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • npm

pnpm

12 total - 11 not shared
  • GitHub Actions
  • AppVeyor
  • Azure Pipelines
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • CircleCI
  • JSR
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins
  • Semaphore
  • Travis CI
  • GitLab
Independently observed

Verdaccio

14 total - 13 not shared
  • yarn
  • pnpm
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Snyk
  • Ansible
  • nx
  • create-react-app
  • Angular CLI
  • Storybook
Independently observed
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pnpm or Verdaccio: which one depends on you

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