npm vs yarn: Basic Commands

npm stands for Node Package Manager for the JavaScript programming language. It is released 2010 with support for Node. npm is installed with Node automatically. It is generates ‘package-lock.json’ file.

Yarn stands for Yet Another Resource Negotiator, And it is popular package manager. It is released by Facebook in 2016. It is generates ‘yarn.lock’ file.

• Install dependencies:

  npm : npm install
  yarn : yarn




• Install a package and add to package.json:

  npm : npm install package --save
  yarn : yarn add package




• Install dev package:

  npm : npm install package --save-dev
  yarn : yarn add package --dev




• Uninstall package from package.json:

  npm : npm uninstall package --save
  yarn : yarn remove package




• Remove a dev dependency from package.json:

  npm : npm uninstall package --save-dev
  yarn : yarn remove package




• Upgrade a package to its latest version:

  npm : npm update --save
  yarn : yarn upgrade




• Install a package globally:

  npm : npm install package -g
  yarn : yarn global add package




• Uninstall a package globally:

  npm : npm uninstall package -g
  yarn : yarn global remove package