a package manager for JavaScript
Npm is a package manager for JavaScript. Licensed under Artistic-2.0, it is extremely popular in the JavaScript ecosystem with 13.0M weekly downloads.
Npm has an excellent overall health score of 85/100. Its strongest dimension is maintenance (100/100), while quality (50/100) is the area with most room for improvement. This package is well-maintained and actively used.
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