| .TH "NPM-EDIT" "1" "April 2026" "NPM@11.13.0" "" | |
| .SH "NAME" | |
| \fBnpm-edit\fR - Edit an installed package | |
| .SS "Synopsis" | |
| .P | |
| .RS 2 | |
| .nf | |
| npm edit <pkg>\[lB]/<subpkg>...\[rB] | |
| .fi | |
| .RE | |
| .P | |
| Note: This command is unaware of workspaces. | |
| .SS "Description" | |
| .P | |
| Selects a dependency in the current project and opens the package folder in the default editor (or whatever you've configured as the npm \fBeditor\fR config -- see \fB\[rs]fBnpm-config\[rs]fR\fR \fI\(lanpm-config\(ra\fR.) | |
| .P | |
| After it has been edited, the package is rebuilt so as to pick up any changes in compiled packages. | |
| .P | |
| For instance, you can do \fBnpm install connect\fR to install connect into your package, and then \fBnpm edit connect\fR to make a few changes to your locally installed copy. | |
| .SS "Configuration" | |
| .SS "\fBeditor\fR" | |
| .RS 0 | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| Default: The EDITOR or VISUAL environment variables, or '%SYSTEMROOT%\[rs]notepad.exe' on Windows, or 'vi' on Unix systems | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| Type: String | |
| .RE 0 | |
| .P | |
| The command to run for \fBnpm edit\fR and \fBnpm config edit\fR. | |
| .SS "See Also" | |
| .RS 0 | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help folders | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help explore | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help install | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help config | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help npmrc | |
| .RE 0 | |