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section: cli-commands title: npm-docs

description: Docs for a package in a web browser maybe

npm-docs(1)

Docs for a package in a web browser maybe

Synopsis

npm docs [<pkgname> [<pkgname> ...]]
npm docs .
npm home [<pkgname> [<pkgname> ...]]
npm home .

Description

This command tries to guess at the likely location of a package's documentation URL, and then tries to open it using the --browser config param. You can pass multiple package names at once. If no package name is provided, it will search for a package.json in the current folder and use the name property.

Configuration

browser

  • Default: OS X: "open", Windows: "start", Others: "xdg-open"
  • Type: String

The browser that is called by the npm docs command to open websites.

registry

The base URL of the npm package registry.

See Also