zap
Another [insert blazing fast synonyms] JavaScript package manager (by elbywan)
cotton
A package manager for JavaScript projects. `cotton install` runs faster than `rm -rf node_modules`. (by danielhuang)
| zap | cotton | |
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| 1 | 15 | |
| 54 | 290 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.8 | 9.2 | |
| 5 months ago | 1 day ago | |
| Crystal | Rust | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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- A package manager for JavaScript projects. With a fast network, `cotton install` runs faster than `rm -rf node_modules`.
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I re-ran their benchmarks. Cotton ran several times faster than other package managers, taking less than 2 seconds without any cache.
I recently found Cotton, an alternative to npm or yarn.
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Has anyone else ever tried this? `cotton install` is only slightly faster than `rm -rf node_modules`, not as fast as they claim. I guess it can save a bit here and there, but I don't see the point.
Does anyone else use Cotton? I'm the lead developer for 3 different web applications, and package installation is only a small part of building (only takes ~1 minute). Saving 1 minute on a 10 minute build wouldn't be that important.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing zap and cotton you can also consider the following projects:
swpm - Switch Package Manager - Say goodbye to Package Manager confusion
ni - 💡 Use the right package manager
ny - 🗽 Fast, Proxy Package Manager for JavaScript
frontend-gradle-plugin - All-in-one Gradle Node/NPM/PNPM/Yarn plugin to build Javascript applications: package manager activation with Corepack, built-in tasks, additional task types.
snm - 🤏 Smol and simple node version manager written in rust 🦀
yarn - The 1.x line is frozen - features and bugfixes now happen on https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry
verdaccio - 📦🔐 A lightweight Node.js private proxy registry