# @manypkg/get-packages > A simple utility to get the packages from a monorepo, whether they're using Yarn, Bolt or pnpm This library exports `getPackages` and `getPackagesSync`. It is intended mostly for use of developers building tools that want to support different kinds of monorepos as an easy way to write tools without having to write tool-specific code. It supports Yarn, Bolt, pnpm and single-package repos(where the only package is the the same as the root package). This library uses `@manypkg/find-root` to search up from the directory that's passed to `getPackages` or `getPackagesSync` to find the project root. ```typescript import { getPackages, getPackagesSync } from "@manypkg/get-packages"; const { tool, root, packages } = await getPackages(process.cwd()); const { tool, root, packages } = getPackagesSync(process.cwd()); type Tool = "yarn" | "bolt" | "pnpm" | "root"; type Package = { packageJson: PackageJSON; dir: string }; type Packages = { tool: Tool; packages: Package[]; root: Package; }; ```