Lerna
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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.
Compared on monorepo management tools
- 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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Sources
- lerna.js.org· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/introduction· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/features/version-and-publish· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/lerna-and-nx· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/api-reference/configuration· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/getting-started· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/concepts/dte-guide· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/recipes/oidc-trusted-publishing· checked 30 Sept 2026
- lerna.js.org/docs/features/editor-integrations· checked 30 Sept 2026
- nx.dev/pricing· checked 30 Sept 2026


