pnpm
pnpm CI on GitHub Actions
pnpm install is fast locally but slow in CI.
65s → 6s
Install
3m → 12s
Monorepo install
pnpm install is fast locally but slow in CI.
Why it happens
The pnpm content-addressed store lives outside the project and is not cached, so every package downloads again.
What to change
- Cache the pnpm store path returned by pnpm store path
- Install with --frozen-lockfile for reproducibility
- Use the store cache rather than caching node_modules — it deduplicates across workspaces
pnpm on runnerhut
yaml
jobs: test: runs-on: runnerhut-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404 steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4 - uses: actions/setup-node@v4 with: { node-version: 22, cache: pnpm } - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile - run: pnpm testThe only runnerhut-specific line is `runs-on: runnerhut-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404`. Everything else is standard GitHub Actions — the same actions, the same secrets and the same permissions model you use today.
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