NPM Cheat Sheet

NPM

Tmux

COMMAND DESCRIPTION

|npm init|Create package.json interactively.
|npm init -y|Create package.json with defaults.
|npm install|Install all dependencies.
|npm install pkg|Install a pkg as a dependency.
|npm install -D pkg|Install a pkg as a dev dependency.
|npm install -g pkg|Install a package globally.
|npm install pkg@1.2.3|Install a specific version.
|npm ci|Clean install from lockfile.
|npm uninstall pkg|Remove a package.
|npm uninstall -g pkg|Remove a global package.
|npm update|Update packages to latest allowed.
|npm update pkg|Update a specific package.
|npm outdated|Show packages with newer versions.
|npm run script|Run an npm script.
|npm start|Run the start script.
|npm test|Run the test script.
|npm run script -- --flag|Pass extra args to a script.
|npm list|List installed packages (local).
|npm list -g|List globally installed packages.
|npm list --depth=0|List top-level packages only.
|npm info pkg|Show pkg metadata from registry.
|npm search term|Search the npm registry.
|npm view pkg versions|List all published versions.
|npm audit|Check for known vulnerabilities.
|npm audit fix|Auto-fix vulnerabilities.
|npm dedupe|Remove duplicate packages.
|npm prune|Remove pkg not in package.json.
|npm rebuild|Rebuild native packages.
|npm cache clean --force|Clear the npm cache.
|npm doctor|Check the npm environment.
|npm login|Authenticate with the registry.
|npm logout|Log out of the registry.
|npm whoami|Show the logged-in user.
|npm publish|Publish package to the registry.
|npm unpublish pkg|Remove a published package.
|npm pack|Create a tarball of the package.
|npm link|Symlink package for local dev.
|npm link pkg|Use a locally linked package.
|npm version patch|Bump patch version.
|npm version minor|Bump minor version.
|npm version major|Bump major version.
|npm config list|Show current npm configuration.
|npm config set key val|Set a config value.
|npm config get key|Get a config value.
|npm exec pkg|Run a package bin (prefers local).
|npm pkg get key|Read a field from package.json.
|npm pkg set key=val|Write a field to package.json.
|npm explain pkg|Show why a package is installed.
|npx pkg|Run a package without installing.
|npx pkg@ver|Run a specific version with npx.