Setup Node.js and pnpm

Use Node.js with pnpm for faster, disk-efficient installs on React, Next.js, or Node backends.

1. Install Node.js LTS from nodejs.org (see Install Node.js if needed).
2. Install pnpm globally: npm install -g pnpm. Verify with pnpm --version.
3. In the project folder run pnpm install (or pnpm i) to install dependencies. Use pnpm run dev or pnpm run build as per the README.
4. If the project uses npm lockfile only, you can still use pnpm import to generate pnpm-lock.yaml, or stick to npm install.

pnpm uses a single global store and symlinks, so it is often faster and uses less disk space than npm.