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Autorel vs Lerna
Both stand on release automation tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan LinuxMac
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Choose Lerna if you manage multiple JavaScript or TypeScript packages in one repository and want coordinated task execution, caching and npm publishing. Look elsewhere if you need Lerna itself to install and link dependencies, since those tasks belong to package manager workspace features.
Visit LernaThe facts
| Autorel | Lerna | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Linux, Mac | Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Not published | Team: $29 a month |
| Plans published | None | 3 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | github.com | lerna.js.org |
| On release automation tools | #10 of 34 | #6 of 34 |
Autorel: what it does well
Lerna: what it does well
- Runs project commands in parallel and can distribute them across machines.
- Restores task files and terminal output from its computation cache.
- Supports fixed or independent package versioning for npm publishing.
- Shows project architecture and dependencies in an interactive workspace graph.
- Supports npm, yarn, pnpm and bun as package managers.
What to know first
- Dependency installation and linking are handled by package manager workspace features.
- Nx Cloud Team costs $29 a month.
- Nx Cloud Enterprise pricing is custom.
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