Node.js and pnpm

Node is managed per-project with fnm. pnpm is the package manager, delivered through Corepack.

Versions

Tool	Version	Managed by
fnm	1.39.0	manual install to `~/.local/share/fnm`
Node.js	24.20.0 (LTS)	fnm (default)
npm	11.19.0	bundled with Node
Corepack	0.35.0	bundled with Node
pnpm	11.25.0	Corepack

PNPM_HOME=~/.local/share/pnpm, and $PNPM_HOME/bin is first on PATH (set in ~/.config/zsh/integrations.zsh).

Installed as a standalone binary at ~/.local/share/fnm/fnm. Shell integration:

path=("$HOME/.local/share/fnm" $path)
eval "$(fnm env --use-on-cd --shell zsh)"

--use-on-cd switches Node automatically on cd into a directory containing a .node-version or .nvmrc file.

fnm install 24                 # Node 24 LTS
fnm default 24
fnm list
node --version                 # v24.20.0

corepack enable
corepack prepare pnpm@11.25.0 --activate
pnpm --version                 # 11.25.0

Prefer pinning the pnpm version per project with the packageManager field in package.json so Corepack resolves the right one.

Use project-local dependencies and pnpm exec / pnpm dlx, not global installs.
Commit a .node-version (or .nvmrc) so fnm selects the right Node on cd.
npm remains available but pnpm is the default for this machine's projects.