NAME

       npm-registry - The JavaScript Package Registry

DESCRIPTION

       To  resolve  packages by name and version, npm talks to a registry website that implements
       the CommonJS Package Registry specification for reading package info.

       Additionally, npm´s package registry implementation supports several write APIs  as  well,
       to allow for publishing packages and managing user account information.

       The  official  public  npm  registry  is at http://registry.npmjs.org/. It is powered by a
       CouchDB database, of which there is a public mirror  at  http://skimdb.npmjs.com/registry.
       The code for the couchapp is available at http://github.com/npm/npm-registry-couchapp.

       The  registry  URL  used  is  determined  by  the  scope  of  the  package (see npm help 7
       npm-scope). If no scope is specified, the default registry is used, which is  supplied  by
       the  registry  config parameter. See npm help npm-config, npm help 5 npmrc, and npm help 7
       npm-config for more on managing npm´s configuration.

Can I run my own private registry?

       Yes!

       The easiest way is to replicate the couch database, and use the same (or  similar)  design
       doc to implement the APIs.

       If you set up continuous replication from the official CouchDB, and then set your internal
       CouchDB as the registry config, then you´ll be able to read  any  published  packages,  in
       addition to your private ones, and by default will only publish internally.

       If  you then want to publish a package for the whole world to see, you can simply override
       the --registry option for that publish command.

I don´t want my package published in the official registry. It´s private.

       Set "private": true in your package.json to prevent it from being  published  at  all,  or
       "publishConfig":{"registry":"http://my-internal-registry.local"}   to   force   it  to  be
       published only to your internal registry.

       See npm help 5 package.json for more info on what goes in the package.json file.

Will you replicate from my registry into the public one?

       No. If you want things to be public, then publish them into the public registry using npm.
       What little security there is would be for nought otherwise.

Do I have to use couchdb to build a registry that npm can talk to?

       No,  but it´s way easier. Basically, yes, you do, or you have to effectively implement the
       entire CouchDB API anyway.

Is there a website or something to see package docs and such?

       Yes, head over to https://npmjs.com/

SEE ALSO

       •   npm help config

       •   npm help 7 config

       •   npm help 5 npmrc

       •   npm help 7 developers

       •   npm help 7 disputes

                                          December 2015                           NPM-REGISTRY(7)