npm vs bun vs pnpm

benchmarks.txt

npm:

No package-lock.json, no node_modules: 
(higher variance so I included multiple)

real	1m32.585s
user	1m9.851s
sys	0m38.996s

real	1m16.526s
user	0m58.036s
sys	0m35.935s

real	1m17.849s
user	1m2.246s
sys	0m37.204s

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Yes package-lock.json, no node_modules:

real	0m33.592s
user	0m39.664s
sys	0m32.228s

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Yes package-lock.json, yes node_modules:

real	0m6.385s
user	0m7.038s
sys	0m0.549s

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No package-lock.json, no node_modules, --silent:

real	0m59.687s
user	0m58.145s
sys	0m36.667s

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Yes package-lock.json, no node_modules, --silent:

real	0m6.335s
user	0m6.980s
sys	0m0.552s

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Yes package-lock.json, yes node_modules, --silent:

real	0m6.335s
user	0m6.980s
sys	0m0.552s

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bun:

no bun.lockb, no node_modules:

real	0m10.107s
user	0m9.519s
sys	0m5.721s

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yes bun.lockb, no node_modules:

real	0m3.983s
user	0m0.022s
sys	0m3.376s

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yes bun.lockb, yes node_modules:

real	0m0.150s
user	0m0.025s
sys	0m0.119s


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pnpm:


no pnpm-lock.yaml, no global store, no node_modules:

real	0m55.814s
user	0m45.851s
sys	1m25.693s

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yes pnpm-lock.yaml, no global store, no node_modules:

real	0m41.306s
user	0m35.115s
sys	1m25.685s

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no pnpm-lock.yaml, yes global store, no node_modules:

real	0m35.611s
user	0m20.356s
sys	1m3.406s

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yes pnpm-lock.yaml, yes global store, no node_modules:

real	0m20.821s
user	0m10.920s
sys	1m1.410s

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yes pnpm-lock.yaml, yes global store, yes node_modules:

real	0m1.854s
user	0m2.005s
sys	0m0.562s

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