diff --git a/.changeset/modern-gifts-draw.md b/.changeset/modern-gifts-draw.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b4c553ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-gifts-draw.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/client": minor
+---
+
+A new function created for just creating a resolver: `createResolver(opts: ClientOptions)`.
diff --git a/packages/client/src/index.ts b/packages/client/src/index.ts
index 51fd8e894c..3ec58c0d90 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import createResolve, { ResolverFactoryOptions } from '@pnpm/default-resolver'
+import createResolve, {
+  ResolveFunction,
+  ResolverFactoryOptions,
+} from '@pnpm/default-resolver'
 import { AgentOptions, createFetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetch'
 import { FetchFromRegistry, GetCredentials, RetryTimeoutOptions } from '@pnpm/fetching-types'
 import fetchFromGit from '@pnpm/git-fetcher'
@@ -6,11 +9,15 @@ import createTarballFetcher from '@pnpm/tarball-fetcher'
 import getCredentialsByURI = require('credentials-by-uri')
 import mem = require('mem')
 
-export default function (opts: {
+export { ResolveFunction }
+
+export type ClientOptions = {
   authConfig: Record<string, string>,
   retry?: RetryTimeoutOptions,
   userAgent?: string,
-} & ResolverFactoryOptions & AgentOptions) {
+} & ResolverFactoryOptions & AgentOptions
+
+export default function (opts: ClientOptions) {
   const fetchFromRegistry = createFetchFromRegistry(opts)
   const getCredentials = mem((registry: string) => getCredentialsByURI(opts.authConfig, registry))
   return {
@@ -19,6 +26,12 @@ export default function (opts: {
   }
 }
 
+export function createResolver (opts: ClientOptions) {
+  const fetchFromRegistry = createFetchFromRegistry(opts)
+  const getCredentials = mem((registry: string) => getCredentialsByURI(opts.authConfig, registry))
+  return createResolve(fetchFromRegistry, getCredentials, opts)
+}
+
 function createFetchers (
   fetchFromRegistry: FetchFromRegistry,
   getCredentials: GetCredentials,
diff --git a/packages/outdated/package.json b/packages/outdated/package.json
index 21e0f3ce7c..7fcd578861 100644
--- a/packages/outdated/package.json
+++ b/packages/outdated/package.json
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@
     "@pnpm/logger": ">=3.1.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/client": "workspace:^1.0.7",
     "@pnpm/constants": "workspace:4.0.0",
-    "@pnpm/default-resolver": "workspace:10.0.7",
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:1.3.0",
-    "@pnpm/fetch": "workspace:^2.1.3",
     "@pnpm/lockfile-file": "workspace:3.0.12",
     "@pnpm/lockfile-utils": "workspace:2.0.16",
     "@pnpm/manifest-utils": "workspace:1.0.3",
@@ -47,9 +46,7 @@
     "@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package": "workspace:1.0.3",
     "@pnpm/store-path": "^4.0.2",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:6.2.0",
-    "credentials-by-uri": "^2.0.0",
     "dependency-path": "workspace:5.0.3",
-    "mem": "^6.1.0",
     "ramda": "^0.27.1",
     "semver": "^7.3.2"
   },
diff --git a/packages/outdated/src/createManifestGetter.ts b/packages/outdated/src/createManifestGetter.ts
index a1a8a243f8..36fb8f33f7 100644
--- a/packages/outdated/src/createManifestGetter.ts
+++ b/packages/outdated/src/createManifestGetter.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import createResolver, { ResolveFunction, ResolverFactoryOptions } from '@pnpm/default-resolver'
-import { createFetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetch'
+import {
+  ClientOptions,
+  createResolver,
+  ResolveFunction,
+} from '@pnpm/client'
 import pickRegistryForPackage from '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package'
 import { DependencyManifest, Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
-import getCredentialsByURI = require('credentials-by-uri')
-import mem = require('mem')
 
 type GetManifestOpts = {
   dir: string,
@@ -12,14 +13,14 @@ type GetManifestOpts = {
   registries: Registries,
 }
 
-export type ManifestGetterOptions = ResolverFactoryOptions & GetManifestOpts
+export type ManifestGetterOptions = Omit<ClientOptions, 'authConfig'>
+  & GetManifestOpts
+  & { rawConfig: Record<string, string> }
 
 export function createManifestGetter (
   opts: ManifestGetterOptions
 ): (packageName: string, pref: string) => Promise<DependencyManifest | null> {
-  const fetch = createFetchFromRegistry(opts)
-  const getCredentials = mem((registry: string) => getCredentialsByURI(opts.rawConfig, registry))
-  const resolve = createResolver(fetch, getCredentials, opts)
+  const resolve = createResolver({ ...opts, authConfig: opts.rawConfig })
   return getManifest.bind(null, resolve, opts)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/outdated/test/getManifest.spec.ts b/packages/outdated/test/getManifest.spec.ts
index fcc5922341..3b41a3efe5 100644
--- a/packages/outdated/test/getManifest.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/outdated/test/getManifest.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ResolveFunction } from '@pnpm/default-resolver'
+import { ResolveFunction } from '@pnpm/client'
 import test = require('tape')
 import { getManifest } from '../lib/createManifestGetter'
 
diff --git a/packages/outdated/tsconfig.json b/packages/outdated/tsconfig.json
index 65d99fbffa..91f8fec194 100644
--- a/packages/outdated/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/outdated/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,18 +9,15 @@
     "../../typings/**/*.d.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../client"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../constants"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../default-resolver"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../error"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../fetch"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../lockfile-file"
     },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json
index cb0dfdbe44..6bbc321aaa 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/package.json
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@pnpm/cli-utils": "workspace:0.4.22",
+    "@pnpm/client": "workspace:^1.0.7",
     "@pnpm/config": "workspace:11.2.4",
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:1.3.0",
     "@pnpm/exportable-manifest": "workspace:^1.0.1",
-    "@pnpm/fetch": "workspace:^2.1.3",
     "@pnpm/lifecycle": "workspace:9.2.2",
-    "@pnpm/npm-resolver": "workspace:9.1.0",
     "@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package": "workspace:1.0.3",
     "@pnpm/resolver-base": "workspace:7.0.3",
     "@pnpm/run-npm": "workspace:2.0.3",
@@ -66,10 +65,8 @@
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:6.2.0",
     "@zkochan/rimraf": "^1.0.0",
     "cp-file": "^9.0.0",
-    "credentials-by-uri": "^2.0.0",
     "enquirer": "^2.3.6",
     "fast-glob": "^3.2.4",
-    "mem": "^6.1.0",
     "mz": "^2.7.0",
     "p-filter": "^2.1.0",
     "ramda": "^0.27.1",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/recursivePublish.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/recursivePublish.ts
index 8d56442a3f..91b479e184 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/recursivePublish.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/recursivePublish.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+import { createResolver } from '@pnpm/client'
 import { Config } from '@pnpm/config'
-import { createFetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetch'
-import createResolver from '@pnpm/npm-resolver'
 import pickRegistryForPackage from '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package'
 import { ResolveFunction } from '@pnpm/resolver-base'
-import runNpm from '@pnpm/run-npm'
 import sortPackages from '@pnpm/sort-packages'
 import storePath from '@pnpm/store-path'
 import { Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
-import getCredentialsByURI = require('credentials-by-uri')
-import mem = require('mem')
 import pFilter = require('p-filter')
 import { handler as publish } from './publish'
 
@@ -54,9 +50,8 @@ export default async function (
 ) {
   const pkgs = Object.values(opts.selectedProjectsGraph).map((wsPkg) => wsPkg.package)
   const storeDir = await storePath(opts.workspaceDir, opts.storeDir)
-  const fetch = createFetchFromRegistry(opts)
-  const getCredentials = mem((registry: string) => getCredentialsByURI(opts.rawConfig, registry))
-  const resolve = createResolver(fetch, getCredentials, Object.assign(opts, {
+  const resolve = createResolver(Object.assign(opts, {
+    authConfig: opts.rawConfig,
     storeDir,
   })) as unknown as ResolveFunction
   const pkgsToPublish = await pFilter(pkgs, async (pkg) => {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
index e7ec959598..f569d084aa 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../cli-utils"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../client"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../config"
     },
@@ -21,15 +24,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../exportable-manifest"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../fetch"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../lifecycle"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../npm-resolver"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../pick-registry-for-package"
     },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 49db5bc7d1..0b6e331f3b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1223,10 +1223,9 @@ importers:
       version-selector-type: ^3.0.0
   packages/outdated:
     dependencies:
+      '@pnpm/client': 'link:../client'
       '@pnpm/constants': 'link:../constants'
-      '@pnpm/default-resolver': 'link:../default-resolver'
       '@pnpm/error': 'link:../error'
-      '@pnpm/fetch': 'link:../fetch'
       '@pnpm/lockfile-file': 'link:../lockfile-file'
       '@pnpm/lockfile-utils': 'link:../lockfile-utils'
       '@pnpm/manifest-utils': 'link:../manifest-utils'
@@ -1235,9 +1234,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': 'link:../pick-registry-for-package'
       '@pnpm/store-path': 4.0.2
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
-      credentials-by-uri: 2.0.0
       dependency-path: 'link:../dependency-path'
-      mem: 6.1.0
       ramda: 0.27.1
       semver: 7.3.2
     devDependencies:
@@ -1247,10 +1244,9 @@ importers:
       '@types/semver': 7.3.1
       npm-run-all: 4.1.5
     specifiers:
+      '@pnpm/client': 'workspace:^1.0.7'
       '@pnpm/constants': 'workspace:4.0.0'
-      '@pnpm/default-resolver': 'workspace:10.0.7'
       '@pnpm/error': 'workspace:1.3.0'
-      '@pnpm/fetch': 'workspace:^2.1.3'
       '@pnpm/lockfile-file': 'workspace:3.0.12'
       '@pnpm/lockfile-utils': 'workspace:2.0.16'
       '@pnpm/logger': ^3.2.2
@@ -1263,9 +1259,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/types': 'workspace:6.2.0'
       '@types/ramda': ^0.27.14
       '@types/semver': ^7.3.1
-      credentials-by-uri: ^2.0.0
       dependency-path: 'workspace:5.0.3'
-      mem: ^6.1.0
       npm-run-all: ^4.1.5
       ramda: ^0.27.1
       semver: ^7.3.2
@@ -1790,12 +1784,11 @@ importers:
   packages/plugin-commands-publishing:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/cli-utils': 'link:../cli-utils'
+      '@pnpm/client': 'link:../client'
       '@pnpm/config': 'link:../config'
       '@pnpm/error': 'link:../error'
       '@pnpm/exportable-manifest': 'link:../exportable-manifest'
-      '@pnpm/fetch': 'link:../fetch'
       '@pnpm/lifecycle': 'link:../lifecycle'
-      '@pnpm/npm-resolver': 'link:../npm-resolver'
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': 'link:../pick-registry-for-package'
       '@pnpm/resolver-base': 'link:../resolver-base'
       '@pnpm/run-npm': 'link:../run-npm'
@@ -1804,10 +1797,8 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/types': 'link:../types'
       '@zkochan/rimraf': 1.0.0
       cp-file: 9.0.0
-      credentials-by-uri: 2.0.0
       enquirer: 2.3.6
       fast-glob: 3.2.4
-      mem: 6.1.0
       mz: 2.7.0
       p-filter: 2.1.0
       ramda: 0.27.1
@@ -1832,13 +1823,12 @@ importers:
       write-yaml-file: 4.1.0
     specifiers:
       '@pnpm/cli-utils': 'workspace:0.4.22'
+      '@pnpm/client': 'workspace:^1.0.7'
       '@pnpm/config': 'workspace:11.2.4'
       '@pnpm/error': 'workspace:1.3.0'
       '@pnpm/exportable-manifest': 'workspace:^1.0.1'
-      '@pnpm/fetch': 'workspace:^2.1.3'
       '@pnpm/filter-workspace-packages': 'workspace:2.1.15'
       '@pnpm/lifecycle': 'workspace:9.2.2'
-      '@pnpm/npm-resolver': 'workspace:9.1.0'
       '@pnpm/pick-registry-for-package': 'workspace:1.0.3'
       '@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing': 'link:'
       '@pnpm/prepare': 'workspace:0.0.9'
@@ -1854,12 +1844,10 @@ importers:
       '@types/sinon': ^9.0.4
       '@zkochan/rimraf': ^1.0.0
       cp-file: ^9.0.0
-      credentials-by-uri: ^2.0.0
       cross-spawn: ^7.0.3
       enquirer: ^2.3.6
       execa: ^4.0.3
       fast-glob: ^3.2.4
-      mem: ^6.1.0
       mz: ^2.7.0
       p-filter: ^2.1.0
       path-exists: ^4.0.0