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  1. cli

    the package manager for JavaScript (by npm)

    Project mention: NPM packages from RedHat have been compromised | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-01

    They have taken action as of very recently. The latest version [1] of npm warns when there are install scripts and tells you they will be disabled by default in a future version, with a per-dependency opt in mechanism [2].

    [1] https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.16.0

    [2] https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/868

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  3. semver

    The semver parser for node (the one npm uses)

    Project mention: Less is safer: how Obsidian reduces the risk of supply chain attacks | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-19

  4. node-tar

    tar for node

  5. rfcs

    Public change requests/proposals & ideation (by npm)

    Project mention: NPM packages from RedHat have been compromised | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-01

    > they've taken no action.

    Not running lifecycle scripts by default is eventually going to be the default behavior. Late is worse than not at all. https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/868

  6. npm-copilot

    CLI tool for Next.js that can analyze logs in real-time and suggest a solution using OpenAI

  7. init-package-json

    A node module to get your node module started

  8. validate-npm-package-name

    Is the given string an acceptable npm package name?

  9. statusboard

    Public monitor/status/health board for @npm/cli-team's maintained projects

  10. abbrev-js

    Like ruby's Abbrev module

  11. cross-post

    Cross Post a blog to multiple websites

  12. package-json

    Programmatic API to update package.json (by npm)

    Project mention: Clean up repo with knip and two-line prompt | dev.to | 2026-02-21

    @npmcli/package-json (ISC)

  13. minipass-fetch

    An implementation of window.fetch in Node.js using Minipass streams

  14. types

    Typescript definitions for npm registry content (by npm)

  15. fs

    filesystem helper functions, wrappers, and promisification for the npm cli (by npm)

  16. json-parse-even-better-errors

    get better errors

    Project mention: Clean up repo with knip and two-line prompt | dev.to | 2026-02-21

    json-parse-even-better-errors (MIT)

  17. why

    A tool to document your package.json scripts

  18. git-quick

    An npm package for executing git commands easily. (This is probably the dumbest idea of mine)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • NPM packages from RedHat have been compromised

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Index

What are some of the best open-source npm-cli projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 cli 9,831
2 semver 5,433
3 node-tar 917
4 rfcs 768
5 npm-copilot 373
6 init-package-json 335
7 validate-npm-package-name 314
8 statusboard 197
9 abbrev-js 167
10 cross-post 130
11 package-json 99
12 minipass-fetch 59
13 types 38
14 fs 29
15 json-parse-even-better-errors 27
16 why 26
17 git-quick 9
18 symlink-config 7

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