nip

A better pnpm install xxx with prompts and catalogs support.

[!NOTE]
This CLI is pnpm-specific and opinionated, you might want to use @antfu/ni for other scenarios.

pnpm i @antfu/nip

nip vue

Then it will prompts you to select the catalog to install the package to, and update pnpm-workspace.yaml and package.json for you.

You can also explicitly set the catalog with --catalog flag.

nip vue --catalog frontend

Why?

• pnpm is currently lacking of the --catalog option to directly install packages to catalog, resulting in quite a few manual operations to maintain the catalogs. On the other hand, pnpm’s current codebase structure is a bit too complex to add this feature as an outside contributor. So this tool is more like a quick workaround.
• Sometimes the dependency might already presented in the workspace/catalogs. This tool would pick existing version/catalog automatically.
• My workflow might be a bit opinionated, FYI: Categorize Your Dependencies

Todos

• Support inferring current workspace packages and fill workspace:* Support inferring current workspace packages and fill `workspace:*` automatically.
• Prompts to edit entries (if select "no" in "looks good")

Sponsors

License

MIT License © Anthony Fu