npm cheatsheet

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

Command	Description
npm install lodash	Install a package
npm install --save-dev lodash	Install as devDependency
npm install --save-exact lodash	Install with exact

Command	Description
npm list	Lists the installed versions of all dependencies in this software
npm list -g	Lists the installed versions of all globally installed packages
npm view lodash	Shows registry info for a package
npm outdated	Lists only the dependencies in this software which are outdated
npm audit	Lists known vulnerabilities in the project

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

Command	Description
npm rm lodash	Remove package production packages

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

Command	Description
npm version 1.2.3	Bump the package version to 1.2.3
npm version major	Bump the major package version by 1 (1.2.3 → 2.0.0)
npm version minor	Bump the minor package version by 1 (1.2.3 → 1.3.0)
npm version patch	Bump the patch package version by 1 (1.2.3 → 1.2.4)

# 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# Check for outdated packages
npm outdated [PACKAGE]

# Check the environment and cache
npm doctor