2025 has been a transformative year for pnpm. While our primary focus was redefining the security model of package management, we also delivered significant improvements in performance and developer experience.
From blocking lifecycle scripts by default to introducing a global virtual store, here is a look back at the major features shipped in 2025.
It is the end of the year. A really hard year. As you may know, I live in Ukraine, so due to Russia's war against us, it was harder to lead this project than in previous years. Nevertheless, it was a good year for pnpm. We've got a lot of new users, contributors, and we have implemented many great features.
(the above illustration was generated by Midjourney. The tiger symolizes the year of the tiger)
It is the end of the year and it was a good year for pnpm, so let's see how it went.