NPM Cheatsheet

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npm outdated check for outdated package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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