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 at
       http://isaacs.iriscouch.com/registry.     The     code    for    the    couchapp    is    available    at
       http://github.com/isaacs/npmjs.org.   npm   user   accounts   are   CouchDB   users,   stored   in    the
       http://isaacs.iriscouch.com/_users database.

       npm  help   npm  help  The  registry  URL  is  supplied by the registry config parameter. See npm-config,
       npmrcnpm help  , and 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 config for that 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.

       npm help  See 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.org/

SEE ALSO

       •   npm help config

       •   npm help  config

       •   npm help  npmrc

       •   npm help  developers

       •   npm help  disputes

                                                  October 2013                                   NPM-REGISTRY(7)