Version: 5.x

pnpm add <pkg>

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 sax@next`	Install from the `next` tag
`pnpm add sax@3.0.0`	Specify version `3.0.0`

Supported package locations#

Install from npm registry#

pnpm add package-name will install the latest version of package-name from the npm registry by default. To install a package from another registry, you can use the tarball link (see the corresponding guide).

You may also install packages by:

tag: pnpm add express@nightly
version: pnpm add express@1.0.0
version range: pnpm add express@2 react@">=0.1.0 <0.2.0"

Install from the workspace#

Note that when adding dependencies and working within a workspace, packages will be installed from the configured sources, depending on whether or not link-workspace-packages is set, and use of the workspace: range protocol.

Install from local file system#

There are two ways to install from the local file system:

from a tarball file (.tar, .tar.gz, or .tgz)
from a directory

Examples:

pnpm add ./package.tar.gzpnpm add ./some-directory

When you install from a directory, a symlink will be created in the current project's node_modules, so it is the same as running pnpm link.

Install from remote tarball#

The argument must be a fetchable URL starting with "http://" or "https://".

Example:

pnpm add https://github.com/indexzero/forever/tarball/v0.5.6

Install from Git repository#

pnpm add <git remote url>

Installs the package from the hosted Git provider, cloning it with Git. You can use a protocol for certain Git providers. For example, pnpm add github:user/repo

You may install from Git by:

latest commit from master: pnpm add kevva/is-positive
commit: pnpm add kevva/is-positive#97edff6f525f192a3f83cea1944765f769ae2678
branch: pnpm add kevva/is-positive#master
version range: pnpm add kevva/is-positive#semver:^2.0.0

Options#

--save-prod, -P#

Install the specified packages as regular dependencies.

--save-dev, -D#

Install the specified packages as devDependencies.

--save-optional, -O#

Install the specified packages as optionalDependencies.

--save-exact, -E#

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

--save-peer#

Added in: v3.2.0

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

--ignore-workspace-root-check, -W#

Added in: v3.6.0

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#

Install a package globally.

--workspace#

Added in: v4.4.0

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