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shadow-npm
use npm to manage your private modules, without having to replicate all of npm.
Usage
create a private registry named rego for npm users you and your friends jim, paul, and emma
curl -X PUT 'http://shadow-npm.net/rego?admins=you&readers=jim,paul,emma'
publish a module to it!
npm config set always-auth true cd path/to/private/module npm publish --registry http://rego.shadow-npm.net
How it Works
shadow-npm works a lot like putting something at the front of your $PATH
when searching for a module, look there first, and if you don't find it, check the next place in the chain.
shadow-npm does this for npm, by proxying all requests, it checks for modules in your private npm first. then, if it does not find them, it will retrive them from the real npm! this works even if you have a private module with open source dependencies!
Trouble Shooting
post issues here: https://github.com/dominictarr/shadow-npm/issues
if something does not work on shadow-npm, but it does with regular npm, post the issue here. do not post the issue on npm's github page.
this is a test launch, so bugs are expected. all feedback is warmly welcomed!
send to either:
Search
npm search --registry http://rego.shadow-npm.net
https
today, there is only http. I'll get https tomorrow. must sleep now.
User Authentication
shadow-npm copies your couchdb user from the npm registry, and uses couchdb to auth against it. the your password is hashed, and shadow-npm never reads it.
read the shadow-npm code here: https://github.com/dominictarr/shadow-npm
Licence
MIT licence, Dominic Tarr, 2011.
(not isaacs, joyent, etc. please don't bug them if this doesn't work)