npm vs yarn vs bun install benchmarking for ignite-cli

npm-vs-yarn-vs-bun-install-benchmarking.md

NPM vs Yarn -- install time benchmarking with Ignite CLI

Benchmark Results (average of 5 runs)

Test Scenario	Lock	Cache	Yarn 4	Node 22	Node 24	Bun 1.2
No cache or lock	❌	❌	9.6s	27.3s	25.5s	6.1s
Lock only	✅	❌	5.4s	7.2s	7.5s	4.5s
Cached install	✅	✅	5.2s	5.2s	5.4s	2.6s
Install again	✅	✅	0.5s	0.8s	0.7s	0.0s

System Info

• Computer: Mac Studio 2022
• OS: macOS 15.5
• Node Version: 22.17.1
• CPU: M1 Max
• RAM: 64 GB

Test Commands

Remove items from each command as necessary for each step.

• NPM: \rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json && npm cache clean --force && time npm install
• Yarn: \rm -rf node_modules yarn.lock && yarn cache clean && time yarn install
• Bun: \rm -rf node_modules ~/.bun/install/cache && time bun install

Configuration

Bun is run with no config.

.yarnrc.yml

nodeLinker: node-modules
yarnPath: .yarn/releases/yarn-4.9.1.cjs
enableProgressBars: false
logFilters:
  - code: "YN0000" # Suppress basic logs
    level: discard
  - code: "YN0002" # Suppress missing peer dependency warnings
    level: discard
  - code: "YN0060" # Suppress invalid peer dependency warnings
    level: discard
  - code: "YN0085" # Suppress resolution step logs
    level: discard
  - code: "YN0086" # Suppress peer dependency validation warnings
    level: discard
  - code: "YN0013" # Suppress fetch step logs
    level: discard
  - code: "YN0007" # Suppress build logs
    level: discard
  - code: "*" # Suppress everything else
    level: error

.npmrc

prefer-dedupe=true
audit=false
fund=false
loglevel=error
install-strategy=hoisted

.tool-versions

yarn 1.22.19
nodejs 22.17.1
bun 1.2.19