siddharthkp/auto-install

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1203 stars · 49 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Node.js CLI tool that watches your code and automatically installs npm dependencies as you import them, uninstalling unused ones. It supports yarn, exact versions, and a secure mode that only installs popular packages.

Use cases

• automatically install npm packages when I import them
• stop manually running npm install while coding
• auto-remove unused dependencies from package.
• use yarn instead of npm for auto-installing dependencies
• only auto-install popular packages to avoid typosquatting

When to choose

• you want zero-friction dependency management while prototyping in Node.js
• you frequently forget to install modules before running code
• you want unused packages cleaned up automatically

When to avoid

• you need strict, reviewed dependency changes in production projects
• the project is inactive and may lag behind modern npm/yarn behavior
• you use package managers other than npm or yarn

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

package-manager developer-tools cli developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform npm yarn auto-install watch-mode javascript command-line nodejs

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