pnpmvscorepack

Winner: corepack

corepack is the safest overall pick in this comparison

pnpm44/100

corepack65/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: corepack: 65/100, pnpm: 44/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: corepack: 0, pnpm: 0.
GitHub activity: corepack: 16 commits, pnpm: 1346 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: corepack: 0, pnpm: 0.
OpenSSF scores: corepack: 5.7/10, pnpm: 6.8/10.

Caveats

The score favors corepack, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	pnpm	corepack
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	0 days ago	75 days ago
Open issues	2277 open issues	125 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 81.05% of commits	top contributor makes 25.39% of commits
Commit activity	1346 commits in the last 90 days	16 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	6.8/10	5.7/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types	no bundled types

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

pnpmcorepack

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Week	pnpm	corepack
2026-07-20	140,295,629	4,473,660
2026-07-13	137,059,868	4,358,220
2026-07-06	118,472,984	4,105,768
2026-06-29	117,122,186	4,053,845
2026-06-22	113,954,193	4,568,094
2026-06-15	114,799,342	4,414,087
2026-06-08	113,632,895	4,641,103
2026-06-01	89,079,692	3,589,789
2026-05-25	95,101,273	3,794,073
2026-05-18	94,021,865	4,158,635
2026-05-11	72,938,997	3,947,794
2026-05-04	81,817,789	3,769,687
2026-04-27	72,641,267	3,625,935
2026-04-20	73,958,161	3,754,499
2026-04-13	71,635,106	3,911,910
2026-04-06	66,251,150	3,512,319
2026-03-30	61,807,197	3,197,815
2026-03-23	64,625,737	3,500,872
2026-03-16	61,590,032	3,573,668
2026-03-09	61,337,841	3,415,947
2026-03-02	57,960,858	3,533,806
2026-02-23	55,317,385	3,284,743
2026-02-16	49,691,106	2,950,100
2026-02-09	49,005,302	3,327,396
2026-02-02	47,559,155	3,164,271
2026-01-26	46,383,622	3,208,204
2026-01-19	45,078,617	2,936,786
2026-01-12	44,382,782	2,950,233
2026-01-05	39,255,958	2,537,103
2025-12-29	22,727,403	1,214,586
2025-12-22	23,172,098	1,320,184
2025-12-15	38,928,830	2,662,346
2025-12-08	40,174,826	2,778,027
2025-12-01	38,873,509	2,782,905
2025-11-24	34,582,715	2,389,195
2025-11-17	37,154,685	2,669,792
2025-11-10	34,958,881	2,560,609
2025-11-03	34,904,806	2,547,719
2025-10-27	34,612,368	2,520,792
2025-10-20	34,173,897	2,480,442
2025-10-13	33,549,848	2,238,041
2025-10-06	32,794,521	2,567,280
2025-09-29	32,112,718	2,838,151
2025-09-22	32,365,399	2,829,423
2025-09-15	31,157,968	2,766,687
2025-09-08	30,570,891	2,818,525
2025-09-01	28,488,714	2,687,575
2025-08-25	28,835,314	2,679,146
2025-08-18	29,154,756	2,600,014
2025-08-11	27,836,457	2,448,508
2025-08-04	27,998,266	2,538,089
2025-07-28	27,653,169	2,545,742
2025-07-21	27,016,813	2,575,085
2025-07-14	26,639,000	2,372,129
2025-07-07	26,665,883	2,370,165
2025-06-30	24,908,404	2,170,303
2025-06-23	27,304,769	2,332,294
2025-06-16	25,936,185	2,156,665
2025-06-09	24,749,917	2,133,473
2025-06-02	24,464,823	2,211,897
2025-05-26	21,787,278	1,936,942
2025-05-19	23,536,631	1,998,639
2025-05-12	22,797,199	1,885,485
2025-05-05	21,722,090	1,824,055
2025-04-28	20,171,415	1,598,344
2025-04-21	20,686,771	1,596,900
2025-04-14	20,591,608	1,724,135
2025-04-07	21,780,408	1,771,123
2025-03-31	22,258,191	1,914,648
2025-03-24	21,874,216	1,790,676
2025-03-17	21,329,934	1,943,766
2025-03-10	21,336,404	2,085,869
2025-03-03	20,930,915	2,201,375
2025-02-24	20,993,609	2,252,263
2025-02-17	19,636,097	1,967,524
2025-02-10	19,698,982	2,018,263
2025-02-03	18,845,026	2,010,809
2025-01-27	19,172,970	263,959
2025-01-20	18,461,021	256,282
2025-01-13	18,304,660	252,353
2025-01-06	17,415,726	230,298
2024-12-30	10,266,594	169,990
2024-12-23	9,250,629	156,409
2024-12-16	17,686,348	229,833
2024-12-09	18,522,211	233,836
2024-12-02	17,585,787	233,284
2024-11-25	16,125,436	232,804
2024-11-18	19,099,367	240,674
2024-11-11	17,705,825	214,102
2024-11-04	17,604,986	218,891
2024-10-28	17,276,261	232,512
2024-10-21	17,457,507	228,741
2024-10-14	16,837,221	219,446
2024-10-07	17,038,565	220,631
2024-09-30	15,774,919	214,253
2024-09-23	16,125,024	218,417
2024-09-16	15,567,420	196,399
2024-09-09	15,755,928	170,429
2024-09-02	14,361,707	154,749
2024-08-26	14,796,640	154,042
2024-08-19	14,569,073	147,984
2024-08-12	13,621,226	142,068
2024-08-05	13,796,265	142,004
2024-07-29	13,729,144	150,671
2024-07-22	13,682,762	142,725
2024-07-15	13,184,545	140,182
2024-07-08	13,229,389	133,740
2024-07-01	12,157,629	124,534
2024-06-24	13,382,415	137,782
2024-06-17	13,000,293	144,825
2024-06-10	12,930,080	141,082
2024-06-03	12,660,972	142,813
2024-05-27	11,883,134	135,938
2024-05-20	11,678,333	132,189
2024-05-13	11,977,747	131,363
2024-05-06	11,338,427	137,281
2024-04-29	11,005,350	122,005
2024-04-22	11,765,370	132,439
2024-04-15	11,685,616	123,371
2024-04-08	11,194,147	121,967
2024-04-01	10,848,828	116,458
2024-03-25	9,841,353	109,343
2024-03-18	11,087,896	126,237
2024-03-11	10,759,409	119,383
2024-03-04	10,824,913	105,582
2024-02-26	10,736,967	96,523
2024-02-19	10,052,196	109,133
2024-02-12	9,717,614	74,647
2024-02-05	9,778,738	73,609
2024-01-29	10,054,247	76,163
2024-01-22	9,720,422	106,589
2024-01-15	9,161,306	111,928
2024-01-08	8,965,642	80,938
2024-01-01	6,778,423	78,064
2023-12-25	4,384,096	43,596
2023-12-18	7,781,860	56,473
2023-12-11	9,077,934	62,033
2023-12-04	9,444,378	91,617
2023-11-27	8,614,408	120,114
2023-11-20	7,338,426	119,526
2023-11-13	8,173,405	129,096
2023-11-06	8,040,945	129,786
2023-10-30	5,930,752	87,566
2023-10-23	8,251,379	125,608
2023-10-16	8,622,519	125,207
2023-10-09	8,114,371	109,640
2023-10-02	7,535,630	105,899
2023-09-25	7,613,548	108,247
2023-09-18	7,326,535	102,020
2023-09-11	7,131,749	98,768
2023-09-04	6,375,335	95,430
2023-08-28	6,185,046	98,895
2023-08-21	6,100,904	109,235
2023-08-14	5,921,724	98,174
2023-08-07	5,895,960	101,412
2023-07-31	5,817,107	98,680
2023-07-24	5,790,440	101,069
2023-07-17	5,465,245	95,704
2023-07-10	5,250,090	96,965
2023-07-03	4,787,341	93,729
2023-06-26	5,182,114	103,390
2023-06-19	4,808,016	94,985
2023-06-12	4,866,422	101,369
2023-06-05	4,725,345	93,893
2023-05-29	4,428,239	82,261
2023-05-22	4,579,552	93,710
2023-05-15	4,363,081	91,459
2023-05-08	4,438,868	83,965
2023-05-01	4,025,883	93,445
2023-04-24	4,256,051	87,238
2023-04-17	4,254,611	91,178
2023-04-10	3,843,968	81,126
2023-04-03	3,721,426	79,280
2023-03-27	4,120,270	98,949
2023-03-20	3,930,060	98,719
2023-03-13	3,659,801	94,979
2023-03-06	3,646,013	73,626
2023-02-27	3,439,949	76,139
2023-02-20	3,202,537	73,880
2023-02-13	3,341,718	76,683
2023-02-06	3,189,820	73,808
2023-01-30	2,959,426	77,824
2023-01-23	2,841,273	69,342
2023-01-16	2,703,065	71,014
2023-01-09	2,710,265	71,484
2023-01-02	2,080,960	54,866
2022-12-26	1,279,036	34,671
2022-12-19	2,118,988	52,235
2022-12-12	2,619,289	62,789
2022-12-05	2,568,082	63,392
2022-11-28	2,529,982	61,155
2022-11-21	2,118,586	53,360
2022-11-14	2,442,109	62,850
2022-11-07	2,295,598	66,492
2022-10-31	2,034,505	66,876
2022-10-24	2,045,366	69,293
2022-10-17	2,025,238	63,590
2022-10-10	1,885,482	59,445
2022-10-03	1,764,402	66,670
2022-09-26	1,786,493	81,155
2022-09-19	1,742,233	78,615
2022-09-12	1,705,596	76,940
2022-09-05	1,546,850	76,944
2022-08-29	1,535,424	74,590
2022-08-22	1,500,060	70,063
2022-08-15	1,358,228	49,274
2022-08-08	1,278,851	47,281
2022-08-01	1,216,722	44,399
2022-07-25	1,184,832	46,217
2022-07-18	962,955	38,708
2022-07-11	1,118,802	43,867
2022-07-04	1,051,930	38,913
2022-06-27	1,116,402	40,243
2022-06-20	1,061,361	35,724
2022-06-13	1,055,508	42,368
2022-06-06	972,763	29,378
2022-05-30	934,250	27,978
2022-05-23	954,802	24,484
2022-05-16	966,408	25,431
2022-05-09	901,062	24,390
2022-05-02	805,067	15,230
2022-04-25	818,457	11,726
2022-04-18	728,583	10,934
2022-04-11	712,080	16,250
2022-04-04	738,528	18,308
2022-03-28	678,339	18,161
2022-03-21	681,499	18,844
2022-03-14	624,182	14,952
2022-03-07	624,577	10,143
2022-02-28	633,692	11,299
2022-02-21	575,655	9,456
2022-02-14	641,092	10,825
2022-02-07	592,722	11,637
2022-01-31	555,184	10,362
2022-01-24	568,298	10,125
2022-01-17	530,176	9,060
2022-01-10	506,869	9,695
2022-01-03	408,480	8,268
2021-12-27	236,420	5,873
2021-12-20	289,192	7,318
2021-12-13	405,268	8,595
2021-12-06	395,398	8,227
2021-11-29	362,639	7,772
2021-11-22	324,696	7,101
2021-11-15	393,043	5,574
2021-11-08	356,185	3,140
2021-11-01	333,799	3,393
2021-10-25	325,966	2,859
2021-10-18	337,731	2,006
2021-10-11	292,182	1,989
2021-10-04	307,450	1,940
2021-09-27	298,313	1,242
2021-09-20	283,049	1,038
2021-09-13	281,647	1,005
2021-09-06	251,730	914
2021-08-30	243,543	137
2021-08-23	260,523	154
2021-08-16	252,495	196
2021-08-09	243,167	114
2021-08-02	236,026	42
2021-07-26	22,412	9

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