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• Vast public registry

More than 2 million published packages cover every imaginable use-case, from low-level utilities to full-blown frameworks.

• Unified CLI, website and registry

A single command-line interface (`npm install`, `npm publish`, `npm audit`, etc.) works hand-in-hand with a browser dashboard for organisation-level permissions and package analytics, all backed by a globally replicated registry infrastructure.

• Opinionated dependency metadata

`package.json` enforces explicit semantic-version ranges, scripts, peer/optional dependencies and legal fields, keeping module lifecycles predictable.

• Security tooling baked-in

The `npm audit` workflow scans dependent trees against a continuously updated vulnerability database and suggests patched versions automatically. Two-factor publishing and provenance signatures add extra safeguards for supply-chain integrity.

• Native support for private scopes

Namespaced packages (`@my-org/pkg`) plus fine-grained access tokens let me host confidential code without standing up a separate registry, while still relying on the same CLI and CDN edge cache.

• Seamless publishing workflow

A single `npm publish` pushes versioned tarballs, updates dist-tags and instantly makes them available worldwide, which is ideal for CI pipelines rolling frequent releases.

• Community gravity
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pages display download trends, release cadence and maintenance badges, helping me gauge ecosystem health quickly. Tight GitHub integration links straight to issues and PRs, streamlining collaboration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

• Verbose, often cryptic error output

When a deep dependency fails to compile or resolve, the CLI still floods the console with stack traces that obscure the actionable line, forcing me to scroll or add `--verbose` flags to find the real culprit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Npm makes it easy to manage packages across both frontend and backend projects. Installing dependencies is fast, and tools like npx are a big help when we need to run something without a global install. Its large, up-to-date library ecosystem is a real strength, and support for private packages helps our teams stay organized and in sync. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Managing dependencies can get complex. Npm is powerful, but it takes solid technical know-how to avoid version conflicts, and I’ve had to spend quite a bit of time getting up to speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NPM has become industry standard when it comes to package management for javascript applications. With millions of packages, and hundreds getting added every week, it has everything you will ever need for your application development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One downside i felt over the years of using npm is the error logs from the npm cli when a package fails to install. It becomes so challenging some times to debug the issue of failing package install that it can take up hours to solve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about npm is that it is free and easy to use. It hosts almost everything you may need to develop an excellent web application.

All of the packages are managed strictly.

Also, the website shows how long ago the package was created and whether it is maintained currently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are times when I have different packages installed, and a dependency issue occurs, and I need to access the details. So maybe npm needs good documentation instead of relying on GitHub as my employer blocks GitHub or perhaps a lot of employer in MNC, so it's one thing I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease to publish and manage packages compared to other package managers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dashboard is a bit confusing at first but you'll get the hang of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nice Package manager for Node.js and JavaScript projects. Really unmissable and essential for JavaScript developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Too much packages and maybe some are really really bad or old / deprecated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Absolutely indespensible resource for web developers. Just about every JavaScript and CSS framework, library and utility is available to download and use quickly, and without costing anything. For developers wanting to publish open-source projects to the world it's an essential tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The costs for publishing private repos can become expensive for larger teams. I also wish they had a way to help open-source developers monetize their projects by offering some sort of micropayments/donations based on number of downloads a package gets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a current user of NPM, I love that it is simple to upload to npm a Javascript package. It's simple; even through the terminal when I was a beginner, it was easy to use and I quickly got the fundamentals of how to use npm. They are well documented with their guides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't dislike anything about npm at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

npm is the best package manager so far. It has a ton of open-source packages to use in any type of node project. It provides almost every package that one might need. The integration is also smooth we just have to write one command and it installs the package very smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't particularly dislike npm but when the error occurs during package installation the errors are not properly defined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

npm is so popular that it offers possible, and easy to use, solutions for many web development projects, even more so due to the large package repository full of open source projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

npm's module system is still not perfect after so many years, problems with incompatible peer dependencies, project node_modules folder consuming too much memory (trying to use pnpm as an alternative) and potential security risks due to hidden sub-dependencies, not solved by the outdated mechanism as that risks to break stability of installed solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.