npm

package manager for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment

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Summary

npm is an application-level package manager^[1]. npm draws 8,081 Wikipedia views per month (application_level_package_manager category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

npm is the creator of Isaac Z. Schlueter^[3].
npm is in the country of United States^[4].
npm's instance of is recorded as application-level package manager^[5].
npm's instance of is recorded as free software^[6].
npm's instance of is recorded as JavaScript library^[7].
npm is owned by GitHub^[8].
npm's headquarters location is recorded as Oakland^[9].
npm's developer is recorded as npm, Inc.^[10].
npm's copyright license is recorded as Artistic License 2.0^[11].
npm's programmed in is recorded as JavaScript^[12].
npm's operating system is recorded as cross-platform^[13].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.5^[14].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 3.8.8^[15].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 3.9.6^[16].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 3.10.3^[17].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 3.10.6^[18].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0.2^[19].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 4.1.1^[20].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 4.3.0^[21].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.0^[22].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 4.4.4^[23].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 4.5.0^[24].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0.0^[25].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0.1^[26].
npm's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0.2^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

npm is the creator of Isaac Z. Schlueter^[3].

Cultural Impact

Things named for npm include pnpm^[28], a software^[29].

Why It Matters

npm draws 8,081 Wikipedia views per month (application_level_package_manager category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2] npm has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] npm is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for npm include pnpm^[28], a software^[29].

⭐ Popularity Graph

32/100 established

🌐 Wiki Languages

29 / 427 langs top 10%

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 512h

2.2K/mo 17.1K/yr

🔗 Readers Also Explored · clickstream

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Quick Facts

Instance of application-level package manager, free software, JavaScript library

Inception January 27, 2014

Owned by GitHub

Headquarters location Oakland

Country United States

Official website www.npmjs.com, npm.community, docs.npmjs.com

Has use Node.js

Properties

Creator Isaac Z. Schlueter

Depends on software ini, ssri, mkdirp, minipass, npmlog, chownr, read, tar, cacache, hosted-git-info, text-table, minipass-pipeline, write-file-atomic, semver, which, chalk, glob, graceful-fs, ms, cli-table3, rimraf, @isaacs/string-locale-compare, @npmcli/arborist, @npmcli/config, @npmcli/map-workspaces, @npmcli/package-json, @npmcli/run-script, abbrev, archy, ci-info, cli-columns, columnify, fastest-levenshtein, fs-minipass, init-package-json, is-cidr, json-parse-even-better-errors, libnpmaccess, libnpmdiff, libnpmexec, libnpmfund, libnpmhook, libnpmorg, libnpmpack, libnpmpublish, libnpmsearch, libnpmteam, libnpmversion, make-fetch-happen, minimatch, node-gyp, nopt, npm-audit-report, npm-install-checks, npm-package-arg, npm-pick-manifest, npm-profile, npm-registry-fetch, npm-user-validate, p-map, pacote, parse-conflict-json, proc-log, qrcode-terminal, read-package-json, read-package-json-fast, tiny-relative-date, treeverse, validate-npm-package-name, JavaScript

Developer npm, Inc.

Different from net profit margin, Yarn, pnpm

Member of Node.js Foundation, OpenJS Foundation

Operating system cross-platform

Programmed in JavaScript

Software version identifier 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6, 3.10.3, 3.10.6, 4.0.2, 4.1.1, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.4.4, 4.5.0, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.1.0, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 4.2.0, 4.1.2, 4.0.5, 4.0.3, 3.10.10, 3.10.9, 3.10.8, 3.10.7, 3.10.5, 3.10.2, 3.9.5, 3.9.2, 3.9.0, 3.8.9, 3.8.7, 3.8.6, 3.8.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.1, 3.6.0, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, 3.5.1, 3.5.0, 3.4.0, 3.3.9, 3.3.8, 3.3.7, 3.3.6, 3.3.4, 3.3.3, 2.15.12, 2.15.9, 2.15.8, 2.15.6, 2.15.5, 2.15.4, 2.15.3, 2.15.2, 2.15.1, 2.15.0, 2.14.22, 2.14.21, 2.14.20, 2.14.19, 2.14.18, 2.14.17, 2.14.16, 2.14.15, 2.14.14, 2.14.13, 2.14.12, 2.14.11, 2.14.10, 2.14.9, 2.14.8, 2.14.4, 2.14.3, 2.14.2, 2.14.1, 2.14.0, 2.13.5, 2.13.4, 2.13.3, 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.5.1, 5.5.0, 5.6.0, 5.7.1, 5.7.0, 5.8.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 5.10.0, 6.1.0, 2.13.2, 2.13.1, 2.13.0, 2.12.1, 2.12.0, 2.11.3, 2.11.2, 2.11.1, 2.11.0, 2.10.1, 2.10.0, 2.9.1, 2.9.0, 2.8.4, 2.8.3, 2.8.2, 2.8.1, 2.8.0, 2.7.6, 2.7.5, 2.7.4, 2.7.3, 2.7.2, 2.7.1, 2.7.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.0, 2.4.1, 2.3.0, 2.2.0, 2.1.18, 2.1.17, 2.1.16, 2.1.14, 2.1.12, 2.1.11, 2.1.10, 2.1.9, 2.1.8, 2.1.7, 2.1.6, 2.1.5, 2.1.4, 2.1.3, 2.1.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.1, 2.0.0, 1.4.28, 1.4.27, 1.4.26, 1.4.25, 1.4.24, 1.4.23, 1.4.22, 1.4.21, 1.4.20, 1.4.19, 1.4.18, 1.4.17, 1.4.16, 1.4.15, 1.4.14, 1.4.13, 1.4.12, 1.4.11, 1.4.10, 1.4.9, 1.4.8, 1.4.7, 1.4.6, 1.4.5, 1.4.3, 1.4.2, 1.4.1, 1.4.0, 1.3.26, 1.3.25, 1.3.24, 1.3.23, 1.3.22, 1.3.21, 1.3.20, 1.3.19, 1.3.18, 1.3.17, 1.3.16, 1.2.8000, 6.2.0, 6.3.0, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.5.0, 6.6.0, 6.7.0, 6.8.0, 6.9.0, 6.9.1, 6.9.2, 6.10.0, 6.10.1, 6.10.2, 6.10.3, 6.11.0, 6.11.1, 6.11.2, 6.11.3, 6.12.0, 6.12.1, 6.13.0, 6.13.1, 6.13.2, 6.13.3, 6.13.4, 6.13.5, 6.13.6, 6.13.7, 6.14.0, 6.14.1, 6.14.2, 6.14.3, 6.14.4, 6.14.5, 6.14.6, 6.14.7, 6.14.8, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 6.14.9, 7.0.12, 7.0.13, 7.0.14, 7.0.15, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.3.0, 7.4.0, 6.14.10, 6.14.11, 7.2.0, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.5, 7.6.1, 7.6.2, 7.6.3, 6.14.12, 6.14.13, 7.7.0, 7.7.1, 7.7.2, 7.7.3, 7.7.4, 7.7.6, 7.8.0, 7.9.0, 7.10.0, 7.11.0, 7.11.1, 7.11.2, 7.12.0, 7.12.1, 7.13.0, 7.14.0, 7.15.0, 7.15.1, 7.16.0, 7.17.0, 7.18.0, 7.18.1, 7.19.0, 7.19.1, 7.20.0, 7.20.2, 7.20.3, 7.20.4, 7.20.5, 7.20.6, 7.21.0, 7.21.1, 7.22.0, 7.23.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0, 8.3.2, 8.3.1, 8.5.5, 8.7.0, 8.8.0, 3.8.0, 3.8.2, 3.8.3, 4.6.1, 4.4.1, 3.9.4, 3.9.3, 3.7.5, 3.7.3, 3.4.1, 3.3.12, 3.3.10, 2.15.11, 2.15.10, 2.14.7, 2.14.6, 2.14.5, 1.4.4, 7.5.4, 7.5.6, 7.6.0, 7.7.5, 7.20.1, 7.24.0, 7.24.2, 8.12.1, 8.17.0, 8.18.0, 8.19.1, 8.19.2, 7.24.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.4.0, 8.4.1, 8.5.0, 8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.5.3, 8.5.4, 8.5.5, 8.6.0, 8.9.0, 8.10.0, 8.11.0, 8.12.0, 8.12.2, 8.13.0, 8.13.1, 8.13.2, 8.14.0, 8.15.0, 8.15.1, 8.16.0, 8.19.0, 9.0.0, 8.0.0, 9.1.0, 9.1.1, 8.19.3, 9.0.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.2.0, 9.3.0, 9.3.1, 8.19.4, 9.4.0, 9.4.1, 9.4.2, 9.5.0, 3.3.5, 3.3.11, 1.4.29, 3.5.4, 3.7.0, 3.7.4, 3.8.4, 3.9.1, 3.10.0, 2.15.7, 3.10.1, 3.10.4, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.6.0, 6.14.14, 6.14.15, 6.14.16, 6.14.17, 6.14.18, 9.5.1, 9.6.0, 9.6.1, 9.6.2, 9.6.3, 9.6.4, 9.6.5, 9.6.6, 9.6.7, 9.7.0, 9.7.1, 9.7.2, 9.8.0, 9.8.1, 10.1.0, 10.0.0, 9.9.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 9.9.1, 9.9.2, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 10.2.5, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, 10.5.0, 9.9.3, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.6.0, 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.8.2, 10.8.3, 10.9.0, 9.9.4, 10.9.1, 10.9.2, 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.4.2, 10.9.3, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.6.0, 10.9.4, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.4, 11.7.0, 10.9.5, 10.9.6, 10.9.7, 10.9.8, 11.8.0, 11.9.0, 11.10.0, 11.10.1, 11.11.0, 11.11.1, 11.12.0, 11.12.1, 11.13.0, 11.14.0, 11.14.1, 11.15.0, 11.16.0, 11.17.0, 11.18.0, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 10.9.9, 11.19.0, 12.0.2, 11.19.1, 11.20.0, 12.1.0, 12.2.0

Source code repository url github.com, github.com

Stack exchange tag stackoverflow.com

Uses npm package

External References (21)

Alternativeto software id npm

Arch linux package npm

Aur package npm4, npm53

Debian stable package npm

Downdetector id npm

Fedora package npm

Freebase id /m/0gx25dn

Freebsd port www/npm, www/npm-node12, www/npm-node10, www/npm-node14

Github account npm

Github topic npm, npm-package

Gitlab topic id npm

Linked open data cloud id npm

Macports port npm5

Man page npm.1, npm.3

Netbsd package id lang/npm

Npm package npm

Quora topic id npm-package-manager

Repology project name npm

Sill software id 98

Ubuntu package npm

Zhihu topic id 19625829

🌐 Available in 21 languages

enNpm arإن بي إم csNpm deNpm (Software) esNpm faان‌پی‌ام fiNpm frNpm heNpm (תוכנה) idNpm (perangkat lunak) itNpm (software) jaNpm (パッケージ管理ツール) koNpm (소프트웨어) nlNpm (software) plNpm (manager pakietów) ptNpm (software) ruNpm trNpm ukNpm viNpm (phần mềm) zhNpm

🏷️ Also known as

en Node Package Manager en npm ar إن بي إم cs Node.js package manager fa ان‌پی‌ام fr Node Package Manager he Npm (תוכנה) nl npm (software) uk NPM zh Node Package Manager zh Npm

🔗 Connections

← Package management system 3

ioBroker, kerliix-oauth, Name Suggestion Index

Different from 2

Yarn, pnpm

Instance of 2

free software, JavaScript library

← Different from 2

Yarn, pnpm

Country 1

United States

Has use 1

Node.js

Headquarters location 1

Oakland

Named after 1

pnpm

Operating system 1

cross-platform

Owned by 1

GitHub

Programmed in 1

JavaScript

← Depends on software 1

OpenLink Structured Data Editor

← Inspired by 1

pnpm

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

11d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'h

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

Claims rich → —

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a7951f54de07|details]])"
19d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.20.0, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/674e1f5dd065|details]])"
6w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.19.1, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/520b0e43f829|details]])"
7w ago · Immanuelle · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Depends on software → ini, ssri, mkdirp +67

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Depends on software: JavaScript, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787018095231"
13w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/38118d98a3f9|details]])"
13w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8a12252ed94f|details]])"
14w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/e22c89de549c|details]])"
17w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/98b418a15de5|details]])"
19w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.8.5, 3.8.8, 3.9.6 +486

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/b041932d8e80|details]])"
22w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Depends on software → ini, ssri, mkdirp +67

Inception → —

Country → —

Operating system → cross-platform

+ 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/7b725c736964|details]])"

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