🗽 NY

Universal Node Package Manager

node • yarn • pnpm

Features

Universal - Picks the right package manager for you based on the lockfile in your folder. Easy peasy!
Versatile - Handles the basics like installing all your dependencies, adding new packages, and kicking off scripts.
Speedy - Crafted in Rust to give you a quick ride. No extra node processes to slow you down!
TypeScript-Ready - Adding a new dependency? Don't worry! It'll fetch any missing @types packages for you if needed.

Usage

ny # installs all dependencies eq. to: yarn install

ny add zod # installs zod package eq. to: yarn add zod

ny add react # installs react package and attempts to automatically install missing typings (@types/react)

ny test # executes package.json's test script eq. to: yarn test

ny vitest # executes node_modules/.bin binary eq. to: yarn vitest

Installation

Brew

brew install krzkaczor/tap/ny

Download binary for Linux / Mac Os X

Get the newest release from releases page.

Dive deeper

Motivation

In the world of JavaScript, there's a fun mix of package managers - npm, yarn, pnpm. Pick your poison. Programmers often switch between projects that use different PMs multiple times a day. Did you just typed yarn when the project uses npm? Well too bad -- you've wasted couple of seconds again. With 🗽NY, there's no guesswork. Just type ny and it picks the right manager for you. Handy, right?

And here's the kicker: 🗽NY is snappier! Especially when running package scripts (like when you type yarn test). It's written in Rust and it zips through tasks about ~200ms faster by skipping spawning node process just to parse package.json. Sweet, huh?

Main sources of inspiration were antfu/ni (but it's written in JS) and egoist/dum (but it's only a task runner).

TypeScript support

If ny detects that it's running in TypeScript enabled package, it will attempt to install missing typings when adding new packages. Right now this behaviour can't be turned off.

Roadmap & contributing

Have a look at open issues. Feel free to work on any of them but first let us know via a comment to avoid doubling the work. Simply upvote issues to help us with prioritization.

Logo

Logo should depict a statue of liberty (a symbol of New York ;) ) holding tools. Midjourney prompt goes something like: simple mascot, statue of liberty with tools, pixelart style. Later vectorizer.ai was used to get SVG out of bitmap.

I know it's not perfect and if you figure out a better prompt let me know!

License

Kris Kaczor | MIT

JUSTIVE/ny