No. 10 of 33 ·Monorepo Management Tools

Lerna

Web · Windows · Self-hosted · paid plans from $29/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely2 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Lerna is ranked #10 of 33 in monorepo management tools on Freedom251. It runs on Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $29/mo.

Lerna plans and pricing

All plans

Hobby Free Free forever 50,000 credits monthly · 5 contributors · 10 concurrent CI connections · community support nx.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Team $29/mo $29/month $29 included usage credit · $5.50 per 10,000 credits · $19 per contributor · $2.25 per concurrent CI connection · email support nx.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published Custom Conformance · circular dependency detection · cross-repository visibility · CI observability · dedicated support and SLAs · isolated and self-hosted deployment · SSO/SAML nx.dev · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on monorepo management tools

Task graph: Yes
Affected builds: Yes
Remote caching: Yes
Package managers: npm, yarn, pnpm, bun
Cache scope: both

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The record

Product: Lerna is a fast, modern build system for managing and publishing multiple JavaScript and TypeScript packages from one repository.
Task execution: Lerna runs commands across projects in efficient order and in parallel, with caching and distribution across machines.
Caching: Lerna restores previously executed task files and terminal output from its computation cache instead of rerunning tasks.
Publishing: Lerna manages versioning and publishing packages to npm and supports fixed or independent versioning workflows.
Graph visualizer: Lerna includes an interactive workspace graph visualizer for understanding project architecture and dependencies.
Nx integration: Lerna uses Nx to detect workspace packages and dependencies and to run scripts with parallelism, caching, and distribution.
Dependency management: Lerna says package managers should install and link dependencies through their workspaces features rather than Lerna commands.
Nx Cloud pricing: Nx Cloud is free for open source projects; closed-source projects get the first 500 computation hours per month free and then pay $1 per computation hour.
Security: Nx Cloud stores hashed task inputs and cached results rather than actual code, supports end-to-end encryption, and offers self-hosted deployment through Enterprise.
Publishing security: Lerna 9.0.0 and later support npm OIDC trusted publishing so packages can publish without traditional fixed tokens.
Editor integrations: Nx Console provides Lerna users with Visual Studio Code and JetBrains integrations for task execution, generators, project details, and workspace visualization.
Support: The Nx Cloud Hobby plan includes community support, while the Team plan includes email support and Enterprise includes dedicated support and SLAs.
Stewardship: Nx took over stewardship of Lerna in 2022, and Nx is an open-source MIT-licensed build system developed by ex-Googlers.
Price from: $29/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Monorepo Management Tools in 2026#10 of 33

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Sources

lerna.js.org· checked 30 Sept 2026
lerna.js.org/docs/introduction· checked 30 Sept 2026
lerna.js.org/docs/features/version-and-publish· checked 30 Sept 2026
lerna.js.org/docs/lerna-and-nx· checked 30 Sept 2026
lerna.js.org/docs/getting-started· checked 30 Sept 2026
lerna.js.org/docs/concepts/dte-guide· checked 30 Sept 2026
lerna.js.org/docs/recipes/oidc-trusted-publishing· checked 30 Sept 2026
lerna.js.org/docs/features/editor-integrations· checked 30 Sept 2026
nx.dev/pricing· checked 30 Sept 2026