ds300/patch-package

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11219 stars · 325 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

patch-package is an npm/yarn tool that lets developers instantly create and persist fixes to node_modules dependencies as .patch files. Patches are automatically reapplied via a postinstall hook so fixes survive dependency installs and can be shared with a team.

Use cases

• fix a bug in an npm dependency without waiting for an upstream PR
• keep local patches to node_modules applied after every install
• share dependency fixes with a team via committed patch files
• work around a broken release of a package instantly
• patch dependencies in CI or Docker builds reproducibly

When to choose

• you use npm (>=5) or yarn v1 and need to modify a dependency's source
• upstream fixes are slow to land and you need an immediate workaround
• you want dependency fixes versioned in git alongside your app

When to avoid

• you use yarn 2+ or pnpm, which have native `patch` commands
• you maintain a library to be published rather than an application
• the fix is large enough that a fork is more maintainable

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

package-manager developer-tools build-tool developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform npm yarn node-modules patching postinstall dependencies command-line nodejs

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