| .TH "NPM-HELP" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@11.12.1" "" | |
| .SH "NAME" | |
| \fBnpm-help\fR - Get help on npm | |
| .SS "Synopsis" | |
| .P | |
| .RS 2 | |
| .nf | |
| npm help <term> \[lB]<terms..>\[rB] | |
| alias: hlep | |
| .fi | |
| .RE | |
| .P | |
| Note: This command is unaware of workspaces. | |
| .SS "Description" | |
| .P | |
| If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page. | |
| .P | |
| If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then npm will run the \fBhelp-search\fR command to find a match. Note that, if \fBhelp-search\fR finds a single subject, then it will run \fBhelp\fR on that topic, so unique matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name. | |
| .SS "Configuration" | |
| .SS "\fBviewer\fR" | |
| .RS 0 | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| Type: String | |
| .RE 0 | |
| .P | |
| The program to use to view help content. | |
| .P | |
| Set to \fB"browser"\fR to view html help content in the default web browser. | |
| .SS "See Also" | |
| .RS 0 | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help npm | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help folders | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help config | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help npmrc | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| \fBpackage.json\fR \fI\(la/configuring-npm/package-json\(ra\fR | |
| .IP \(bu 4 | |
| npm help help-search | |
| .RE 0 | |