What is Lerna?
Lerna is a modern build system designed for JavaScript monorepos that enables developers to efficiently manage and release multiple packages from the same repository. It features a powerful command-line interface and development experience enhancements.
Lerna pricing
We don't have Lerna's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Lerna does
The capabilities that matter for monorepo tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Affected detection
- -
- Remote caching
- ✓
- Remote execution
- -
- Hermetic sandboxed builds
- -
- Reapi compliant
- -
- Task dag orchestration
- -
- Code generators
- -
- Dependency graph visualization
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- VSCode
- JetBrains IDEs
- Nx Console
- Nx Cloud
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Lerna FAQ
Common questions about Lerna, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Lerna?
Lerna is a modern build system designed for JavaScript monorepos that enables developers to efficiently manage and release multiple packages from the same repository. It features a powerful command-line interface and development experience enhancements. It is indexed under Monorepo Tools.
Source: https://lerna.js.org
What platforms does Lerna support?
Lerna supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://lerna.js.org
What does Lerna integrate with?
We have confirmed 4 integrations for Lerna, including VSCode, JetBrains IDEs, Nx Console and Nx Cloud. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://lerna.js.org
Is Lerna open source?
Yes. Lerna is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://github.com/lerna/lerna
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Compare Lerna
Side by side against other monorepo tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Lerna, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.12 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 76 | 0.08 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 84 | 0.07 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Security score | 67 | 0.05 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 86 | 0.03 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.08 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.05 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 69% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Remote caching | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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