Install Yarn on macOS

Prerequisites

1. A recent version of macOS.
2. Homebrew, the package manager for macOS. Install it with:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

1. Node.js. The Homebrew Yarn package installs it as a dependency if it is missing.

Step 1: Update Homebrew

brew update

Step 2: Install Yarn

brew install yarn

Step 3: Check it

yarn --version

Use Yarn

Example:

yarn run start

Best practices

• Update Yarn regularly with brew upgrade yarn.
• Commit the yarn.lock file so all developers use the same versions.
• Use one package manager per project; do not mix npm and Yarn.

Quick recap

• brew install yarn and yarn --version.