npm
npm (Node Package Manager) is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. It consists of a command-line client (npm CLI) and an online database of public and paid-for private JavaScript packages, called the npm registry, facilitating module installation,…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2010
- Category
- devops_tool
- Problem solved
- npm was created to provide a standardized, robust, and easy-to-use solution for sharing and managing JavaScript modules (packages) for Node.js, which initially lacked such a system. Before npm, developers had to manually manage dependencies, leading to fragmentation and difficulty in sharing reusable code.
- Platforms
- macOS, Linux, Windows
Related technologies
Notable users
- Facebook (for projects like React)
- Virtually all Node.js and modern JavaScript projects
- Microsoft (as owner of GitHub/npm)
- Netflix
- Amazon
- Many other technology companies utilizing Node.js for backend or frontend development
- Google (for projects like Angular, Chrome extensions)