PNPM Cheatsheet

23 Jul 2026 · 1 min read · Cheatsheet

PNPM

A practical reference for using PNPM.

Basics

# Check current version
pnpm --version
 
# Upgrade pnpm globally, If you use Corepack:
corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate
 
# Pin the pnpm version for the project
## From the project root:
corepack use pnpm@latest

Managing Dependencies

Local packages

# List packages installed in the current project:
pnpm list
 
# For direct dependencies only:
pnpm list --depth 0
 
# For a more compact tree:
pnpm ls --depth 0
 
# Check whether a specific package is installed locally:
pnpm list <package-name>

Global packages

# List globally installed packages:
pnpm list -g
 
# Direct global packages only:
pnpm list -g --depth 0
 
# Check whether a specific package is installed globally:
pnpm list -g <package-name>
 
# See where global packages are installed
pnpm bin -g

Updating Dependencies

# If you want to upgrade all dependencies in your project to their latest versions, use:
pnpm update --latest
## or the short version:
pnpm up -L
 
# Updates within the version ranges in package.json
pnpm update	
 
# Shows what can be updated
pnpm outdated