Scripts

How pnpm handles the scripts field of package.json.

Hidden Scripts

Added in: v11.0.0

Scripts with names starting with . are hidden. They cannot be run directly via pnpm run and are omitted from the pnpm run listing. Hidden scripts can only be called from other scripts.

{
  "scripts": {
    ".helper": "echo 'I am hidden'",
    "build": "pnpm run .helper && tsc"
  }
}

In this example, pnpm run .helper would fail, but pnpm run build would succeed because .helper is called from another script.

Lifecycle Scripts

pnpm:devPreinstall

Runs only on local pnpm install.

Runs before any dependency is installed.

This script is executed only when set in the root project's package.json.