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snpm

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Two barsScore 5.5

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

snpm is ranked #15 of 18 in JavaScript package managers on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows.

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Workspace support: Yes
Lockfile support: Yes
Peer dependency handling: Yes
Package publishing: Yes
Offline package cache: Yes
Global installation: Yes

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The record

Product: snpm is a Rust-native package manager for Node.js projects and JavaScript workspaces.
Workflow: It provides npm-style commands including install, add, run, exec and dlx.
Workspaces: Workspaces support name, glob, path, dependency-walk and git-reference filters.
Lockfiles: snpm imports pnpm, Bun, Yarn and npm lockfiles when snpm-lock.yaml is absent, then uses snpm-lock.yaml as the source of truth.
Package store: Packages are downloaded once into a shared store and linked into projects through a node_modules/.snpm virtual store.
Security defaults: Dependency lifecycle scripts are blocked unless explicitly allowed, minimum package age can exclude recent publishes, and tarball authentication is scoped to the announcing registry.
Audit: The audit command can find vulnerable dependencies, attempt fixes and emit SARIF output.
Publishing: snpm supports pack and publish workflows with workspace fan-out, distribution tags, OTP and dry-run modes.
Protocols: Supported protocols include npm, jsr, file:, git:, workspace: and catalog:.
Node manager: snpm includes a Node version manager with install, use, .node-version, .nvmrc and engines.node discovery.
Installation requirement: The npm install script requires Node.js 18 or newer.
Architecture: Pre-built native binaries support macOS, Linux and Windows on x64 and arm64.
Performance claim: The homepage reports a 1.2-second warm-cache install and says snpm is 50% faster than pnpm in its benchmark.
Source availability: The project is open source and links to its GitHub repository from the documentation and homepage.

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Sources

snpm.io/docs· checked 1 Oct 2026
snpm.io/docs/security· checked 1 Oct 2026
snpm.io· checked 1 Oct 2026
snpm.io/docs/publishing· checked 1 Oct 2026
snpm.io/docs/installation· checked 1 Oct 2026
github.com/binbandit/snpm· checked 2 Oct 2026