Package management

Command	Description
npm i	Alias for npm install
npm install	Install everything in package.json
npm install --production	Install everything in package.json, except devDependecies
—	—
npm install lodash	Install a package
npm install --save-dev lodash	Install as devDependency
npm install --save-exact lodash	Install with exact

--save is the default as of npm@5. Previously, using npm install without --save doesn’t update package.json.

Install names

Command	Description
npm i sax	NPM package
npm i sax@latest	Specify tag latest
npm i sax@3.0.0	Specify version 3.0.0
npm i sax@">=1 <2.0"	Specify version range
—	—
npm i @org/sax	Scoped NPM package
—	—
npm i user/repo	GitHub
npm i user/repo#master	GitHub
npm i github:user/repo	GitHub
npm i gitlab:user/repo	GitLab
—	—
npm i /path/to/repo	Absolute path
npm i ./archive.tgz	Tarball
npm i https://site.com/archive.tgz	Tarball via HTTP

Listing

Command	Description
npm list	Lists the installed versions of all dependencies in this software
npm list -g --depth 0	Lists the installed versions of all globally installed packages
npm view	Lists the latest versions of all dependencies in this software
npm outdated	Lists only the dependencies in this software which are outdated

Updating

Command	Description
npm update	Update production packages
npm update --dev	Update dev packages
npm update -g	Update global packages
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npm update lodash	Update a package

Misc features

# Add someone as an owner
npm owner add USERNAME PACKAGENAME

# list packages
npm ls

# Adds warning to those that install a package of old versions
npm deprecate PACKAGE@"< 0.2.0" "critical bug fixed in v0.2.0"

# update all packages, or selected packages
npm update [-g] PACKAGE

# Check for outdated packages
npm outdated [PACKAGE]