npm-check-updates vs npkill

npm-check-updates

Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows (by raineorshine)

npkill

List any node_modules 📦 dir in your system and how heavy they are. You can then select which ones you want to erase to free up space 🧹 (by voidcosmos)

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npm-check-updates		npkill
	Project
7	Mentions	22
9,082	Stars	7,958
-	Growth	0.7%
9.4	Activity	4.9
14 days ago	Latest Commit	11 days ago
TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

npm-check-updates

Posts with mentions or reviews of npm-check-updates. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-06.

How to Update NPM Packages:
1 project | dev.to | 24 Dec 2023

I highly suggest taking a look at the documentation overall to learn more about all this package has to offer. The project is well-maintained along with a climbing weekly download rate of ~323,861 at the time of writing this article.
How to update npm dependencies to latest version
2 projects | dev.to | 6 Apr 2023

If you want to update all the packages to their latest available version in one go, then you can use the package npm-check-updates as follows:
How do you keep FE dependencies up to date?
2 projects | /r/typescript | 1 Mar 2023

npm-check-updates
How to replace webpack & babel with Vite on a legacy React Typescript project
11 projects | dev.to | 25 Mar 2022

Since you're upgrading one part of a legacy project, why not update all the other dependencies. The best way to do that is with the npm-check-updates package.
Yarn - How do I update each dependency in package.json to the latest version?
1 project | /r/codehunter | 18 Mar 2022

As per this stakoverflow thread, to update dependencies in package.json to latest versions, npm-check-updates is the Best Option for npm. However, I'm using yarn for package management. Is there an equivalent of npm-check-updates in yarn. So that, I use a single package manager to manage my dependencies.
How do you upgrade a Vite project?
2 projects | /r/vuejs | 3 Feb 2022

I've been using ncu for years, literally.
Error cannot find module 'abbrev'
2 projects | /r/npm | 5 Jul 2021

People say reinstalling NPM can fix it https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/issues/256

npkill

Posts with mentions or reviews of npkill. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-12.

Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?
212 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Dec 2023

I initially created Npkill (https://npkill.js.org) for my own use because as a web developer I was always running out of disk space. When we launched it quickly became popular because it seems that not only we had that problem and today it is the most popular tool for that purpose.
Another one I launched was Pill Reminder (https://zaldih.github.io/pill-reminder/). If you are taking something for a cold or medical treatment it allows you to easily swipe and note down when you have taken your medication and lets you know when you are due to take it next.
ScrollTabs (https://github.com/zaldih/scrolltabs-extension) was born so soon after I migrated from chrome to firefox years ago and I missed being able to switch between tabs with the mouse scroll.
+ many others that I would like to prepare and make public for the future.
Script to delete ALL Node_modules Folders in the Current Directory Recursively
1 project | /r/Frontend | 7 Dec 2023
how to manage node modules in every proj?
2 projects | /r/learnprogramming | 10 Nov 2023

Just delete them after you are done, you can try https://www.npmjs.com/package/npkill
NPKILL 0.11.1 released! Say goodbye to all those unused and heavy node_modules that take up precious space in seconds. Now faster.
1 project | /r/javascript | 24 Mar 2023
🎉 NPKILL 0.11.1 released! 👋 Say goodbye to all those unused and heavy node_modules that take up precious space in seconds. Now faster.
1 project | /r/javascript | 24 Mar 2023
Npkill – Find and remove old and heavy node_modules folders
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Feb 2023
Ncdu – NCurses Disk Usage
21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Dec 2022
I wrote a script which goes through folders containing NodeJS projects and deletes the disk space consuming node_modules from them, to free up space from projects you're not using.
2 projects | /r/node | 11 Nov 2022

There's npkill already
Delete unused node_modules in a second and enjoy some free space!
1 project | dev.to | 5 Aug 2022

I found a cool tool that helps exactly for this scenario, it's called npkill and you can find it on npm.js.
Identifique e apague todas node_modules com NP Kill
1 project | dev.to | 1 Aug 2022

Referência: https://www.npmjs.com/package/npkill

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