Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What is .pnpm-store?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)**`.pnpm-store`** is the local store (cache) where **pnpm keeps the downloaded versions of every package**. It is used so identical dependencies are not downloaded and stored repeatedly for different projects. **Key point:** `node_modules` gets hard links to the files in `.pnpm-store`, so the same package version is stored only once.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)Image`.pnpm-store` is the local store (cache) where **pnpm keeps the downloaded versions of every package**. It is used so identical dependencies are not downloaded and stored repeatedly for different projects. --- ### **What** `.pnpm-store` **is for** - serves as a **single cache** for every package installed on the machine - enables **fast repeat installs** without downloading from the network again - lets you **save space**, because the same package version is stored **only once** --- ### **How it works** 1. When a package is installed, pnpm downloads it into `.pnpm-store` 2. `node_modules` gets **hard links** to the files in that store 3. If another project needs the same version, it is **not downloaded again**, it is taken from `.pnpm-store` --- ### **Where it lives** Usually in the user's home directory, for example: ```javascript ~/.pnpm-store ``` (the path may vary depending on the OS and settings) --- ### **Summary** `.pnpm-store` is a **centralized dependency cache** that makes pnpm faster and more space-efficient: one version of a package is stored once and reused many times through links, instead of being duplicated in every project.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.