pkgscan

pkgscan is a useful tool to inspect installed packages in your project. It provides detailed information about installed packages managed by popular package managers like npm, pnpm and yarn.

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Installation

npm

# Try with npx
npx pkgscan [options]

# Locally in your project.
npm install pkgscan

# Or globally (use as cli)
npm install -g pkgscan

CLI

Usage

pkgscan [options]

Options:
  -p, --pkg    The name of the package to retrieve information for.
  -c, --cwd    The current working directory of the project.
  -h, --help   Show help

Examples

# Get details about the installed package with automatic package manager detection.
pkgscan --pkg typescript

# Get details about the installed package with glob pattern.
pkgscan --pkg '@types/*'

# To scan all installed packages
pkgscan --pkg '*'

# Get details about the installed package with a user-specified package manager.
pkgscan --pkg typescript --cwd ./project-directory-path

API

import { getInstalledPackage } from 'pkgscan';

// Get details about the installed package with automatic package manager detection.
const installedPackage = getInstalledPackage('typescript');
console.log(installedPackage);
/*
[
  {
    name: 'typescript',
    version: '5.1.3',
    isDirectProjectDependency: true,
    dev: true,
    license: 'Apache-2.0',
    engines: { node: '>=14.17' }
  }
]
*/

// Get details about the installed package with a user-specified package manager.
const cwd = __dirname;
const installedPackage = getInstalledPackage('typescript', cwd);
console.log(installedPackage);
/*
[
  {
    name: 'typescript',
    version: '5.1.3',
    isDirectProjectDependency: true,
    dev: true,
    license: 'Apache-2.0',
    engines: { node: '>=14.17' }
  }
]
*/

isDirectProjectDependency used to determine whether a package is a direct dependency of a project or not. By using this variable, you can check whether a package is directly listed in the dependencies section of the project’s package.json file or not.

Feedback

If you discover a bug, or have a suggestion for a feature request, please submit an issue.

LICENSE

This extension is licensed under the MIT License