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FreeBSD pkg vs Yarn

FreeBSD pkg

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Yarn

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FigureFreeBSD pkgYarn
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · Package Managers7.5 (#70)8.7 (#10)
Dependency resolutionYesYes
Free planYesYes
Offline installationYesYes
Package formatstar archive (.pkg),gzip,bzip2,zstd,xznpm packages; tarballs; local,Git,link,patch,portal,and workspace references
Purposepkg is a package management tool for FreeBSD.Yarn is a package manager that also describes itself as a project manager.
Supported platformsFreeBSDLinux,macOS,Windows

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FreeBSD pkg

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Yarn

Yarn is a package manager and project manager for JavaScript projects, serving uses from simple projects to industry monorepos. It resolves dependencies, maintains lockfiles and provides workspaces that install and link packages within a project. Modern Yarn uses Plug'n'Play by default, generating a Node.js loader file instead of a typical node_modules folder; users can choose node_modules or pnpm-style symlink installs instead. Yarn caches installed packages and shares them among projects on the same machine. Its offline mirror and zero-installs workflow can keep cached packages in a repository and reduce reliance on the npm registry. Plugins can extend resolvers, fetchers, linkers, commands and lifecycle hooks. Generated editor SDKs and settings support VSCode, Vim, Emacs and Neovim. Yarn runs on Linux, macOS and Windows and is free, with no paid plans or usage limits stated. Its documentation notes that React Native and Expo require typical node_modules installs. Yarn does not run audits during installation by default; users can run yarn npm audit separately.

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