--- title: Nub vs pnpm vs Bun vs npm: Is Nub the Fastest JavaScript... description: 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... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nub-vs-pnpm-vs-bun-vs-npm-is-nub-the-fastest-javascript-package-manager-in-2026-fireup-pro-5munikmk2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nub vs pnpm vs Bun vs npm: Is Nub the Fastest JavaScript Package Manager in 2026? : fireup.pro | daily.dev og:description: 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... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nub-vs-pnpm-vs-bun-vs-npm-is-nub-the-fastest-javascript-package-manager-in-2026-fireup-pro-5munikmk2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5MUNIKMk2.png og:image:alt: Nub vs pnpm vs Bun vs npm: Is Nub the Fastest JavaScript Package Manager in 2026? : fireup.pro og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nub vs pnpm vs Bun vs npm: Is Nub the Fastest JavaScript Package Manager in 2026? : fireup.pro **[FireUp](https://daily.dev/sources/fireup-pro)** · 3 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Nub's warm reinstall speed compare to npm, pnpm, and Bun? For a project with more than 1,100 packages, Nub's own benchmarks report a warm reinstall taking 346 milliseconds, compared to 1.9 seconds for Bun, 3.45 seconds for pnpm, and 12.9 seconds for npm. These figures come from the Nub project itself and are described as needing independent verification for real workloads. _Weigh package manager benchmarks like these against your own workflow on daily.dev before switching tools._ ### Does Nub replace the Node.js runtime like Bun does? No, Nub keeps the stock Node.js runtime intact and instead speeds up the tooling around it, including its package manager, script runner, Node version manager, TypeScript execution, and an npx replacement called nubx. This differs from Bun, which introduces its own JavaScript runtime, reducing the risk of runtime compatibility issues for teams that adopt Nub. _Track how new tools like Nub position themselves against Bun and npm on daily.dev when picking your stack._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What is Nub? 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