npm CLI

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

npm is the default package manager for Node.js and JavaScript, used to install, publish, and manage project dependencies from the npm registry. This specific repository (npm/npm) is archived; active development lives in the npm/cli repository.

Use cases

• install javascript dependencies
• publish a package to npm registry
• manage nodejs project dependencies
• run package scripts like npm start
• lock dependency versions for reproducible builds
• update outdated packages in a project

When to choose

• you are working on a Node.js or JavaScript project and need dependency management
• you want to publish or consume packages from the npm registry
• you need the default tooling bundled with Node.js

When to avoid

• you prefer Yarn or pnpm for faster installs or stricter lockfiles
• you are managing dependencies for a non-JavaScript ecosystem like Python or Rust
• you were looking at this archived repo expecting active development - use npm/cli instead

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

package-manager cli developer-tools build-tool developer-tools version-control programming-languages cli cross-platform windows javascript nodejs-ecosystem registry dependency-management npm command-line nodejs linux macos

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