npm-home

Open the npm page of a specific package in the web browser

$ npm-home [package]

$ npm-home [[-g|--github]] [package]

$ npm-home [[-y|--yarn]] [package]

npm-home [package-name]

package-name
    Optional. The name of the npm package whose homepage should be opened. If omitted, npm-home looks for a package.json file in the current directory and uses the homepage field from that file.

npm-home is a utility that opens the specified npm package's homepage in your default web browser.

It's commonly installed as a global npm package, acting as a convenient wrapper around the official npm home command. When executed without a package name, it attempts to open the homepage for the npm package defined in the package.json file of the current working directory. If a package name is provided, it fetches information about that package from the npm registry and opens its declared homepage URL.

This command streamlines access to a package's primary web presence, which typically includes documentation, project information, and links to the source repository. It relies on the presence of a "homepage" field within the package's package.json metadata. The command delegates the task of opening the URL to the operating system's default application handler for web links.

This command requires Node.js and npm to be installed on your system.
It relies on the homepage field being present and correctly formatted in the target package's package.json metadata. If the field is missing or invalid, the command may fail or report an error.
npm-home is often a global executable wrapper for the core npm home command, which is built directly into the npm CLI.
A default web browser must be configured on your operating system for the command to successfully open the URL.

While npm-home functions as a standalone command, it often executes the underlying npm home subcommand provided by the main npm CLI. This means its core behavior and dependencies are tied to your npm installation.

The command determines the homepage URL by reading the homepage field from the specified package's package.json file, either locally or fetched from the npm registry. Ensure this field is present and accurate for desired behavior.

The command doesn't open a browser directly; instead, it delegates the URL opening to your operating system's default application for handling web links (e.g., xdg-open on Linux, open on macOS, start on Windows).

The npm home command, which npm-home typically wraps, was introduced as a built-in subcommand in npm version 6.0.0. Before this, similar functionality might have been provided by standalone npm packages or by manually looking up package details. The npm-home package itself emerged to provide a more direct, globally executable command for this common task.

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