# pnpm CLI

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-cli/  
**Provider:** pnpm — https://apis.io/providers/pnpm/  
**Documentation:** https://pnpm.io/pnpm-cli

pnpm CLI is one of 5 APIs that [pnpm](https://apis.io/providers/pnpm/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CLI, Node.js, Package Manager, and Dependency Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The pnpm command-line interface for managing JavaScript/Node.js packages. Provides commands for installing, updating, and removing dependencies; running package scripts; executing one-off packages via pnx (formerly dlx); publishing to registries; auditing for vulnerabilities; managing the content-addressable store; inspecting the dependency graph; and patching installed packages. As of pnpm 11, `pn` is a shorthand for `pnpm` and `pnx` replaces `pnpm dlx`.

## Machine-readable artifacts (16)

- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/pnpm-cli
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/install
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/add
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/update
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/remove
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/run
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/exec
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/dlx
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/publish
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/audit
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/store
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/list
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/why
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/outdated
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/cli/patch
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pnpm/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other pnpm APIs (4)

- [pnpm Workspaces](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-workspaces/)
- [pnpm Content-Addressable Store](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-store/)
- [pnpm Hooks](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-hooks/)
- [pnpm Configuration](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-config/)

## Tags

CLI, Node.js, Package Manager, Dependency Management

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