npm Package Manager

An npm Package Manager is a package manager for JavaScript maintained by npm, Inc.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) manipulate npm Package Files.
  • It can include npx Package Runner (package runner).
  • ...
• Example(s):
  • npm CLI v9.8.1 [1].
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • pnpm.
  • bower.
  • yarn.
• See: Online Database, GitHub, Artistic License 2.0, Node.js.

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References

2022

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/npm_(software) Retrieved:2022-6-30.
  • npm (originally short for Node Package Manager) is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language maintained by npm, Inc. npm is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. It consists of a command line client, also called npm, and an online database of public and paid-for private packages, called the npm registry. The registry is accessed via the client, and the available packages can be browsed and searched via the npm website. The package manager and the registry are managed by npm, Inc.

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