Dynamically selects NPM or YARN or PNPM or BUN to execute commands.

pmex [...command]

Runs npm install or yarn install or pnpm install or bun install based on most recent LOCKFILE.

pmex install

Add packages to the project.

pmex add typescript

# npm install typescript
# yarn add typescript
# pnpm add typescript
# bun add typescript

Remove packages from project.

Aliases: remove, uninstall.

pmex del typescript

# npm uninstall typescript
# yarn remove typescript
# pnpm remove typescript
# bun remove typescript

Aliases: dlx.

Auto-install (no save) and run packages from NPM.

pmex x cowsay "Hello World!"

# npx cowsay "Hello World!"
# yarn dlx cowsay "Hello World!"
# pnpm dlx cowsay "Hello World!"
# bunx cowsay "Hello World!"

Aliases: cache-clean, cache-clear.

Clear the package manager cache.

pmex cc

# npm cache clean --force
# yarn cache clean --all
# pnpm store prune
# bun pm cache rm

This example runs npm install or yarn install or pnpm install or bun install based on what you used in the terminal: yarn start or npm start or pnpm start or bun start.

{
  "scripts": {
    "prestart": "pmex install",
    "start": "node server.js"
  }
}

This example runs commands based on what you used to run the file.

import pmex from 'pmex';

// Different command based on package manager
pmex({
  npm: 'cache clean --force',
  yarn: 'cache clean --all',
  pnpm: 'store prune',
  bun: 'pm cache rm -g'
})

// Fallback to default
pmex({
  bun: 'bunx cowsay "Hello World!"',
  default: 'npx cowsay "Hello World!"'
})

pmex('test')

pmex('tsc --noEmit')

pmex('build')

You can force the use of a package manager. This example runs npm install for all package managers and then runs tsc with automatic detection of the package manager.

import pmex from 'pmex';

pmex('npm install -g tsc')

pmex('tsc --noEmit')