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pnpm add <pkg>

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Installs a package and any packages that it depends on. By default, any new package is installed as a production dependency.

TL;DR#

Command Meaning
pnpm add sax Save to dependencies
pnpm add -D sax Save to devDependencies
pnpm add -O sax Save to optionalDependencies
pnpm add -g sax Install package globally
pnpm add sax@next Install from the next tag
pnpm add sax@3.0.0 Specify version 3.0.0

Supported package sources#

pnpm supports installing packages from various sources. See the Supported package sources page for detailed documentation on:

  • npm registry
  • JSR registry
  • Workspace packages
  • Local file system (tarballs and directories)
  • Remote tarballs
  • Git repositories (with semver, subdirectories, and more)

Options#

--save-prod, -P, -p#

Install the specified packages as regular dependencies.

--save-dev, -D, -d#

Install the specified packages as devDependencies.

--save-optional, -O, -o#

Install the specified packages as optionalDependencies.

--save-exact, -E, -e#

Saved dependencies will be configured with an exact version rather than using pnpm's default semver range operator.

--save-peer#

Using --save-peer will add one or more packages to peerDependencies and install them as dev dependencies.

--save-catalog#

Added in: v10.12.1

Save the new dependency to the default catalog.

--save-catalog-name <catalog_name>#

Added in: v10.12.1

Save the new dependency to the specified catalog.

--config#

Added in: v10.8.0

Save the dependency to configDependencies.

--ignore-workspace-root-check#

Adding a new dependency to the root workspace package fails, unless the --ignore-workspace-root-check or -w flag is used.

For instance, pnpm add debug -w.

--global, -g#

Install a package globally. See Global Packages for details.

Each space-separated package is installed into its own isolated directory. To bundle several packages into a single isolated install (so they share dependencies and are removed together), pass them as a comma-separated list, e.g. pnpm add -g eslint,prettier.

--workspace#

Only adds the new dependency if it is found in the workspace.

--allow-build#

Added in: v10.4.0

A list of package names that are allowed to run postinstall scripts during installation.

Example:

pnpm --allow-build=esbuild add my-bundler

This will run esbuild's postinstall script and also add it to the allowBuilds field of pnpm-workspace.yaml. So, esbuild will always be allowed to run its scripts in the future.

--filter <package_selector>#

Read more about filtering.