npm vs yarn

[bogdansoare]

Usually I use yarn in my projects, with Nx I see that the default recommendation is npm.
Are there any downsides in using yarn with Nx? Or is npm better suited for this kind of monorepo setups?

[Himadu2000]

I use yarn in my Nx I had no issue with it. I can't use npm not only it takes heavy load on my network, It takes more than hour to install dependencies. I actually hope Nx default switch over to yarn. And must give a option to create workspace in yarn and pnp support.

[marckassay]

I would say your question depends on what version of yarn you're using. I assume if you're using yarn v1, there should be no issues. Offically Nx doesn't support yarn v2, as July 29th:

Could you try using yarn v1 please? Nx does not yet support yarn v2. - ref

But I've been using yarn v2, with limited features (No yarn PnP, no Nx migrate), having no issues. @KyleBastien listed a workaround for using yarn v2 and Nx here.