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 --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npm outdated	Lists only the dependencies in this software which are outdated

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# Check for outdated packages
npm outdated [PACKAGE]