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rust-based package manager :)
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I'm a teen from Kenya and I built a pretty fast package manager in Rust
by v1peridae·Mar 1, 2026·6 points·0 comments
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●●SolidDark HorseShip It
2x faster than Bun on warm installs, but only Linux/macOS and monorepo support missing.
Strengths
- •Genuinely fast warm-cache performance (3ms vs 51ms Bun, 202ms pnpm)
- •Works drop-in with existing package.json and node_modules layout
- •Built by a teen from Kenya with transparent benchmarking methodology
Weaknesses
- •No Windows support despite being core use case for npm/pnpm audience
- •Monorepo/workspace support not yet implemented, limiting adoption
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Target Audience
JavaScript/Node developers seeking faster package installation
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