pnpm-dlx

Run pnpm dlx over npx, without requiring pnpm to already be installed.

Usage

npx @cmdforge/pnpm-dlx <target> [--path <package.json path>] [--registry <url>] [--] [...args]
npx @cmdforge/pnpm-dlx --from-cwd [--path <package.json path>] [--] <pnpm args...>

Example:

npx @cmdforge/pnpm-dlx github:cmdforge/tip --path package.json -- ui open https://mcp.dev.azure.com
npx @cmdforge/pnpm-dlx --from-cwd -- dlx -y tip ui open https://mcp.dev.azure.com

The CLI:

1. Treats github:<owner>/<repo> and bare <owner>/<repo> targets as GitHub.
2. Fetches --path directly from GitHub raw content for GitHub targets.
3. Resolves a registry tarball URL with npm view for registry packages, using --registry or https://registry.npmjs.org by default.
4. In --from-cwd mode, reads the requested package.json from the current working directory and runs npx pnpm@<version> <pnpm args...>.
5. Otherwise, reads the requested remote package.json, extracts the pnpm version, then runs npx pnpm@<version> dlx -y <target> [...args].

This avoids npm pack for GitHub targets, so package lifecycle scripts do not run before the pnpm version is known.

If the requested manifest does not exist, or its packageManager is not pnpm@..., the command fails with:

pnpm not found at package/<resolved path>