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How to find search/find npm packages

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node.js

npm

What ways are there to find npm packages?

Below is community maintained listing compiled from the answers below.

npm Specific

  • In console, npm search <keyword>
  • https://www.npmjs.org/
  • http://node-modules.com/ via https://stackoverflow.com/a/13593402
  • https://openbase.com/ via https://stackoverflow.com/a/66827908/2752520

Generic

  • https://github.com
  • https://libraries.io

Dead

  • http://browsenpm.org/ via https://stackoverflow.com/a/24338500
  • https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules
  • http://toolbox.no.de/ aka http://nodetoolbox.com/
  • http://packagefinder1-enome.dotcloud.com/
  • http://eirikb.github.com/nipster/ via https://stackoverflow.com/a/10571033
  • https://nodejsmodules.org/ via https://stackoverflow.com/a/17821476
  • http://npmsearch.com/ via https://stackoverflow.com/a/34471018
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Alfred Avatar asked May 13 '12 00:05

Alfred


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How do I search npm?

Search also allows targeting of maintainers in search results, by prefixing their npm username with = . If a term starts with / , then it's interpreted as a regular expression and supports standard JavaScript RegExp syntax. In this case search will ignore a trailing / .

How do I find npm package name?

const npmName = require('npm-name'); (async () => { // Check a package name console. log(await npmName('chalk')); //=> false // Check an organization name console. log(await npmName('@ava')); //=> false })(); npm-name-cli.

Where are npm packages located?

on windows: c/Program\ Files/nodejs/node_modules/npm/npmrc.


1 Answers

npm search works pretty well:

npm search connect

npm view will show you the timestamp of each version and everthing else from package.json (including node version)

npm view connect

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mihai Avatar answered Sep 17 '22 15:09

mihai