NPM-OUTDATED(1)

NAME
npm-outdated - Check for outdated packages

  Synopsis

    npm outdated [[<@scope>/]<pkg> ...]

  Description

This command will check the registry to see if any (or, specific) installed packages are currently outdated.

In the output:

    •   wanted is the maximum version of the package that satisfies the semver range specified in package.json. If there's no available semver range (i.e. you're running npm outdated --global, or the package isn't included in package.json), then wanted shows the currently-installed version.

    •   latest is the version of the package tagged as latest in the registry. Running npm publish with no special configuration will publish the package with a dist-tag of latest. This may or may not be the maximum version of the package, or the most-recently published version of the package, depending on how the package's developer manages the latest dist-tag npm-dist-tag.

    •   location is where in the dependency tree the package is located. Note that npm outdated defaults to a depth of 0, so unless you override that, you'll always be seeing only top-level dependencies that are outdated.

    •   package type (when using --long / -l) tells you whether this package is a dependency or a devDependency. Packages not included in package.json are always marked dependencies.

    •   homepage (when using --long / -l) is the homepage value contained in the package's package.json

    •   Red means there's a newer version matching your semver requirements, so you should update now.

    •   Yellow indicates that there's a newer version above your semver requirements (usually new major, or new 0.x minor) so proceed with caution.

  An example

    $ npm outdated
    Package      Current   Wanted   Latest  Location
    glob          5.0.15   5.0.15    6.0.1  test-outdated-output
    nothingness    0.0.3      git      git  test-outdated-output
    npm            3.5.1    3.5.2    3.5.1  test-outdated-output
    local-dev      0.0.3   linked   linked  test-outdated-output
    once           1.3.2    1.3.3    1.3.3  test-outdated-output

With these dependencies:

    {
      "glob": "^5.0.15",
      "nothingness": "github:othiym23/nothingness#master",
      "npm": "^3.5.1",
      "once": "^1.3.1"
    }

A few things to note:

    •   glob requires ^5, which prevents npm from installing glob@6, which is outside the semver range.

    •   Git dependencies will always be reinstalled, because of how they're specified. The installed committish might satisfy the dependency specifier (if it's something immutable, like a commit SHA), or it might not, so npm outdated and npm update have to fetch Git repos to check. This is why currently doing a reinstall of a Git dependency always forces a new clone and install.

    •   npm@3.5.2 is marked as "wanted", but "latest" is npm@3.5.1 because npm uses dist-tags to manage its latest and next release channels. npm update will install the newest version, but npm install npm (with no semver range) will install whatever's tagged as latest.

    •   once is just plain out of date. Reinstalling node_modules from scratch or running npm update will bring it up to spec.

  Configuration

  json

    •   Default: false

    •   Type: Boolean

Show information in JSON format.

  long

    •   Default: false

    •   Type: Boolean

Show extended information.

  parseable

    •   Default: false

    •   Type: Boolean

Show parseable output instead of tree view.

  global

    •   Default: false

    •   Type: Boolean

Check packages in the global install prefix instead of in the current project.

  depth

    •   Default: 0

    •   Type: Int

Max depth for checking dependency tree.

  See Also

    •   npm help update

    •   npm help dist-tag

    •   npm help registry

    •   npm help folders