# How to Use pnpm on Heroku

DevFeed: [How to Use pnpm on Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-use-pnpm-on-heroku-26507.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/using-pnpm-on-heroku/>)

Author: Colin Casey

Published: 2024-07-19T02:12:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [pnpm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pnpm.md>), [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Package manager](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/package-manager.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Express](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/express.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>)

Tags: [buildpacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/buildpacks.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [express](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/express.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [integrity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrity.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/packages.md>), [pnpm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pnpm.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use pnpm as an alternative to npm for Node.js applications deployed on Heroku. It covers pnpm's content-addressable store, dependency installation workflow, Corepack-based installation, version pinning, and creating a sample Express application.

## Source excerpt

What is pnpm? Pnpm is a fast, disk-efficient Node package manager used as an alternative to npm. The Heroku Node.js buildpack now supports pnpm. Early Node.js application owners who've taken advantage of pnpm support have seen 10-40% faster install times compared to NPM on Heroku deployments. It's an excellent choice for managing packages in the [...] The post How to Use pnpm on Heroku appeared first on Heroku.