Node Package Management (NPM)1) is the default Package Manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. It consists of a Command Line client, also called NPM, and an online database of public and paid-for private packages, called the NPM registry. The registry is accessed via the client, and the available packages can be browsed and searched via the NPM website. The Package Manager and the registry are managed by NPM, Inc.
pkgmakeinst
- a bash function that installed various things on various platforms. If NPM were to ever have been considered an acronym, it would be as “node pm” or, potentially, “new pm”.