npm

Default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js.

Read more about npm.

Table of Contents

• Misc
• Install and Remove
• Globally
• n
• npx

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See also: Node — JavaScript runtime that npm runs on.

Misc

# Where npm was installed
which npm

# Check the version
npm -v

# Searching for packages
npm search [package-name]

# Clean cached packages
npm cache clean --force

# Show funding information for installed packages
npm fund

# Compose security report
npm audit

# Fix security issues
npm audit fix

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Install and Remove

# Listing packages
npm list

# List outdated packages
npm outdated

# Install all dependencies from package.json
npm install

# Clean install (removes node_modules, uses package-lock.json exactly — preferred in CI)
npm ci

# Install package
npm install [package-name]

# Install package as dev dependency
npm install --save-dev [package-name]

# Update package
npm update [package-name]

# Remove package
npm remove [package-name]

# Install specific version of a package
npm install [package-name]@[version]

# Remove extraneous packages
npm prune

# Run a script defined in package.json
npm run [script-name]

# Initialize a new project (creates package.json)
npm init

# Initialize with defaults (no prompts)
npm init -y

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Globally

# Updating npm globally
npm install npm@latest -g

# List package is among globally installed packages
npm list -g | grep [package-name]

# Uninstall globally installed package
npm uninstall -g [package-name]

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n

Node.js version manager. Read more at n.

# Install n globally
npm install -g n

# Output versions installed
n

# Install or activate the latest node release
n latest

# Install or activate the latest stable node release
n stable

# Install node [version]
n [version]

# Execute node [version] with [args ...]
n use [version] [args ...]

# Output bin path for [version]
n bin [version]

# Remove the given version(s)
n rm [version ...]

# Output the latest node version available
n --latest

# Output the latest stable node version available
n --stable

# Output the versions of node available
n ls

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npx

Run Node.js binaries without installing them globally. Read more at npx.

# Kill Node.js on port number
npx kill-port [port-number]

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