npm (software)

npm
Initial release January 12, 2010 (2010-01-12)[1]
Stable release 3.8.3 / 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)[2]
Written in JavaScript
License Artistic License 2.0
Website npmjs.org

npm is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js.

Overview

As of Node.js version 0.6.3, npm is bundled and installed automatically with the environment.[3][4] 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 was developed by Isaac Z. Schlueter as a result of the frustrations he had experienced while working with CommonJS and with inspiration from the shortcomings of other similar projects such as PHP (PEAR) and Perl (CPAN).[5]

Name

In November 2014, Collin Winter wrote on GitHub that "npm" is not an abbreviation for "Node Package Manager", but a recursive bacronymic abbreviation for "npm is not an acronym".[6] However, in the README.md file found in the npm-0.0.1.zip archive,[3] the first line says: "The Node Package Manager".

See also

References

  1. ↑ Earliest known release
  2. ↑ "v3.8.3 (2016-03-18): LIMIT CONCURRENT REQUESTS". GitHub. 2016-03-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  3. 1 2 iarna (2015-11-13). "v3.4.1 (2015-11-12): ASK FOR NOTHING, GET LATEST". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  4. ↑ "npm-versions.txt". 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ Schlueter, Isaac Z. (25 March 2013). "Forget CommonJS. It's dead. **We are server side JavaScript.**". GitHub.
  6. ↑ Winter, Collin (21 November 2014). "npm-faq(7) -- Frequently Asked Questions". GitHub. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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