User & Team & Access Management

npm command	alias	note
npm access		access control on packages
npm team		manage team
npm owner		manage package owner
npm whoami		print current username
npm adduser	login	authenticate a user to a registry
npm logout		logout a user from registry, invalidate current session

NPM Management

npm command	alias	note
npm config	c	manage npm configuration, with set, get, list, delete, edit operands
npm cache		manage local npm cache
npm bin		print the path where package executables(local or global) are installed
npm prefix		print closet path with a package.json file inside it
npm root		print the effective node_modules path
npm ls	list, la, ll	list installed packages, locally(default) or globally(with -g option)

Package Management

npm command	alias	note
npm install	i	install a package
npm install-test	it	run npm install followed by npm test
npm uninstall	remove, rm, r, un, unlink	uninstall a package
npm dedupe	find-dupes, ddp	reduce duplication by optimize the local package tree
npm outdated		check for outdated package
npm update	up, upgrade	update all packages specified to latest version
npm prune		remove local packages that are not listed in package.json any more, or devDependencies not needed any more(with --production flag)
npm edit		edit an installed package and rebuild it afterword
npm publish		publish a package to registry
npm unpublish		remove a package on the registry
npm build		build a package, usually when npm install or npm link
npm rebuild	rb	runs npm build on matching folder
npm dist-tag	dist-tags	add, remove, and enumerate distribution tags on a package, typical tags include: latest, stable, beta, dev, canary, next
npm deprecate		mark package version or version ranges to be deprecated, with a warning message
npm star		mark a package as favourite
npm stars		view packages marked as favourite

Package Development

npm command	alias	note
npm init		create a package.json file
npm shrinkwrap		lock down dependency versions for publication
npm version		bump the version of a package
npm start		run start scripts if it exists or node server.js
npm restart		run stop, restart, start scripts and related pre- or post- scripts orderly
npm stop		run stop script if provided
npm run-script	run	run arbitrary package script
npm test	t, tst	run test script
npm link		create symbolic link to a package, useful for local development
npm pack		save package to an archive file for upload or publish etc

Package Information

npm command	alias	note
npm search	s, se, find	search packages on the registry
npm docs		open a package's documentation website
npm explore		run a command inside a package's folder
npm repo		show the source code repo of a package
npm view	info, show, v	show the detailed registry information data for a package
npm bugs	issues	open the issue/bug report page of a package

Miscelleous

npm command	alias	note
npm doctor		diagnose local npm installation and configuration issues
npm ping		Ping the specified or default registry and verify authentication
npm completion		print the bash completion snippet
npm help		show help for specified topic or command
npm help-search		search help for specified topic or command

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