Npm (software)

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npm
Developer(s) Isaac Z. Schlueter
Stable release v1.3.25 / 23 January 2014 (2014-01-23)
Written in JavaScript
License Artistic License 2.0
Website npmjs.org

npm is the official package manager for Node.js. As of Node.js version 0.6.3, npm is bundled and installed automatically with the environment.[1] npm runs through the command line and manages dependencies for an application. It also allows users to install Node.js applications that are available on the npm registry.

npm is written entirely in JavaScript, and runs on the Node.js platform.

Faux Abbreviation

According to its author, npm is not an acronym for "Node Package Manager."[2] As he puts it:

Contrary to the belief of many, "npm" is not in fact an abbreviation for "Node Package Manager". It is a recursive bacronymic abbreviation for "npm is not an acronym". (If it was "ninaa", then it would be an acronym, and thus incorrectly named.)

Example

Install LESS:

$ npm install less

See also

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