Lerna

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About

Lerna is ranked #7 of 33 in monorepo management tools on Inferse. It runs on Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $29/mo.

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Task graph
Yeslerna.js.org
Affected builds
Yeslerna.js.org
Remote caching
Yeslerna.js.org
Package managers
npm, yarn, pnpm, bunlerna.js.org
Cache scope
bothlerna.js.org

Facts

Product
Lerna is a fast, modern build system for managing and publishing multiple JavaScript and TypeScript packages from one repository.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Task execution
Lerna runs commands across projects in efficient order and in parallel, with caching and distribution across machines.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Caching
Lerna restores previously executed task files and terminal output from its computation cache instead of rerunning tasks.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Publishing
Lerna manages versioning and publishing packages to npm and supports fixed or independent versioning workflows.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Graph visualizer
Lerna includes an interactive workspace graph visualizer for understanding project architecture and dependencies.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Nx integration
Lerna uses Nx to detect workspace packages and dependencies and to run scripts with parallelism, caching, and distribution.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Package managers
Lerna supports npm, yarn, pnpm, and bun as configured package managers.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Dependency management
Lerna says package managers should install and link dependencies through their workspaces features rather than Lerna commands.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Nx Cloud pricing
Nx Cloud is free for open source projects; closed-source projects get the first 500 computation hours per month free and then pay $1 per computation hour.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Security
Nx Cloud stores hashed task inputs and cached results rather than actual code, supports end-to-end encryption, and offers self-hosted deployment through Enterprise.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Publishing security
Lerna 9.0.0 and later support npm OIDC trusted publishing so packages can publish without traditional fixed tokens.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Editor integrations
Nx Console provides Lerna users with Visual Studio Code and JetBrains integrations for task execution, generators, project details, and workspace visualization.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026
Support
The Nx Cloud Hobby plan includes community support, while the Team plan includes email support and Enterprise includes dedicated support and SLAs.nx.dev · 30 Sept 2026
Stewardship
Nx took over stewardship of Lerna in 2022, and Nx is an open-source MIT-licensed build system developed by ex-Googlers.lerna.js.org · 30 Sept 2026

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