npm vs yarn command translation cheat sheet

npm_vs_yarn_command_translation_cheatsheet.md

title	subtitle	author	date	source
npm vs Yarn Command Translation Cheat Sheet	CLI commands comparison	yarn	February 15, 2020	https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/migrating-from-npm

npm vs Yarn Command Translation Cheat Sheet

npm	Yarn
npm init	yarn init
npm install	yarn install
(N/A)	yarn install --flat
(N/A)	yarn install --har
(N/A)	yarn install --no-lockfile
(N/A)	yarn install --pure-lockfile
npm install [package]	(N/A)
npm install --save [package]	yarn add [package]
npm install --save-dev [package]	yarn add [package] --dev
(N/A)	yarn add [package] --peer
npm install --save-optional [package]	yarn add [package] --optional
npm install --save-exact [package]	yarn add [package] --exact
(N/A)	yarn add [package] --tilde
npm install --global [package]	yarn global add [package]
npm update --global	yarn global upgrade
npm rebuild	yarn add --force
npm uninstall [package]	(N/A)
npm uninstall --save [package]	yarn remove [package]
npm uninstall --save-dev [package]	yarn remove [package]
npm uninstall --save-optional [package]	yarn remove [package]
npm cache clean	yarn cache clean
rm -rf node_modules && npm install	yarn upgrade
npm version major	yarn version --major
npm version minor	yarn version --minor
npm version patch	yarn version --patch

yarn init <=> npm init

init commands yield slightly different results:

yarn init -y

{
  "name": "example-yarn-init-y",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "license": "MIT"
}

npm init -y

{
  "name": "example--npm-init-y",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

As pointed out by barhoring commented on Feb 13, please correct the npm init and yarn init entries by swapping them. Many thanks.

Fixed.

apparently one can also do yarn start, which is not documented above

This is out of date now, yarn global is removed in 2.x.

Would be helpful to add the yarn version at the top, just to clarify. Yarn 2 has breaking changes vs 1.

yarn just-build is equivalent to npm run just-build.