如何查找搜索/查找 npm 包

npm search works pretty well:

npm search connect

npm view will show you the timestamp of each version and everthing else from package.json (including node version)

npm view connect

There's nipster too, based on npm + github rating.

https://github.com/Enome/node-package-finder (Latest commit 26ff789 on 4 May 2012, should count as dead)

npmsearch sorts the results by a combination of relevance and downloads. The command line version can be installed from npm:

[sudo] npm install -g npmsearch

disclamer: I am the author of npmsearch

node-modules allows you to personalize your results according to the modules that you have starred/followed on github

https://nodejsmodules.org/ is one that lets you search, as well as browse by popularity

For a fast method available in your console, type:

npm search keyword

< Keyword > searches Title, Description, Author and Keywords of all packages.

Libraries.io is great for searching and filtering through NPM modules, you can also filter by license and keyword: https://libraries.io/search?platforms=NPM

I personally use npmsearch.com

I'm not sure how it works internally but it usually gives the best results.

Just in case anyone comes across this question, I also created a tool to help people discover what npm packages other people are using:

http://www.npmdiscover.com

It's sad but npm search won't work for me on node version 6+.

A quick workaround is by doing a curl from the command line:

curl --fail -O https://www.npmjs.com/package/q-promise 2>&1 | grep '404'

If this command returns nothing then the module exist if it does return a 404 the name is available for you to use.

https://npms.io is really nice, provides quality and maintenance stats too

Here's another one: https://npmaddict.com/

Not a search but daily list of New packages with at least 5 GitHub stars

For me the best site for this purpose is Openbase:

https://openbase.com/

By VERY far. It's stats and features are, AFAIK, unmatched by any other site.

According to the NPMS (NPM Search) docs on how to perform a search query, you can use the following operators in the npmjs.com search bar:

Further Reading

• Searching for and choosing packages to download:
• Find NPM packages by keywords and authors
• npms / npms analyzer

NPM can feel overwhelming because it is the largest package registry! Sometimes, we need less or a more curated suggestions when looking...

This is why I built https://pkg.land

It helps you find similar packages on npm, e.g https://pkg.land/moment will suggest you dayjs, date-fns etc.

It's still in beta but I do intend to maintain and improve it over time.