Hey, are you using yarn? Great tool from Facebook, right?
But how are you installing it?
npm install -g yarn?
I have a bad news to tell you...
Yarn has not been distributed on npm since 2019 because of breaking changes that could impact deployments - Google AI
and
Those versions entered maintenance mode in January 2020 - yarn classic website
So, what should I do?
Need to consider a better/newer package manager.
It could be:
- the new yarn version: as of today (09/06), it is on version 4.4.1
- PNPM, the faster alternative
- The NPM itself. The official tool. In 2024, it is faster than yarn classic
There are a lot of benchmarks out there, like:
- https://romanglushach.medium.com/comparing-npm-yarn-and-pnpm-package-managers-which-one-is-right-for-your-distributed-project-to-4d7de2f0db8e
- https://refine.dev/blog/pnpm-vs-npm-and-yarn
- https://www.dhiwise.com/post/pnpm-vs-npm-vs-yarn-which-javascript-package-manager
How about me?
I am using PNPM in my latest projects, both pet and professional, but already had some issues with it.
It all case by case, but I strongly recommend to use PNPM for fast local builds and CI.