# voidcosmos/npkill

List any node_modules 📦 dir in your system and how heavy they are. You can then select which ones you want to erase to free up space 🧹

Repository: https://github.com/voidcosmos/npkill
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/npkill
Homepage: https://npkill.js.org
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: npm, typescript, cli, node, module, developer-tools, tool, nodejs, hacktoberfest, command-line, javascript
Last push: 2026-08-05T03:17:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2621, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9429, forks 254 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:31.155086+00:00)

## What it is
Npkill is a TypeScript CLI tool that scans a system for node_modules directories, showing their sizes and last-modified dates in an interactive terminal UI. Users can select and delete stale folders to reclaim disk space.

## Use cases
- free up disk space taken by old node_modules folders
- find all node_modules directories on my machine
- clean up npm dependencies from abandoned projects
- delete node_modules from multiple projects at once
- check how much space node_modules folders are using
- bulk remove node_modules across a workspace

## When to choose
- you work with many Node.js projects and accumulate heavy node_modules folders
- you want a fast, interactive, zero-install tool via npx
- you need to see sizes and last-usage info before deleting

## When to avoid
- you need to clean caches for other ecosystems like pip, cargo, or Maven
- you want a non-interactive scripted cleanup without reviewing results (though --delete-all exists, it's risky)
- you're on Node.js older than v14

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, file-system, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: node_modules, disk-cleanup, npm, disk-usage, interactive-cli, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- voidcosmos/npkill (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.155086+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:22:08.577386+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/voidcosmos/npkill (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.155086+00:00, sha e3bb0899c2d1)
  - homepage: https://npkill.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:19.477332+00:00, sha ee6a3186d817)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.