Nub vs pnpm vs Bun vs npm: Is Nub the Fastest JavaScript Package Manager in 2026? : fireup.pro
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Nub is a new JavaScript toolkit that augments Node.js rather than replacing it, offering a package manager, script runner, Node version manager, and TypeScript runtime in a single native binary. Benchmarks from the Nub team show a warm reinstall of 1,100+ packages in 346ms versus 1.9s for Bun, 3.45s for pnpm, and 12.9s for npm. Other claimed improvements include up to 24× faster script running than pnpm and 19× faster package execution than npx. The post compares Nub against npm, Yarn, pnpm, and Bun, noting that Nub's key differentiator is preserving Node.js compatibility while accelerating surrounding tooling. It remains a new project with a smaller ecosystem, and the benchmarks are self-reported.
