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title: Difference between npm and npx
date: "2020-10-27"
author: "Birgit Pauli-Haack"
url: "https://icodeforapurpose.com/difference-between-npm-and-npx/"
categories: ["NodeJS"]
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The npm stands for **Node Package Manager **and itis the default package manager for [Node.js.](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-nodejs/) [It ](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-nodejs/)is written entirely in [JavaScript, ](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/javascript-tutorial/)developed by  [Isaac Z. Schlueter](https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacschlueter), it was initially released on January 12, 2010. The **npm **manages all the packages and modules for node.js and consists of command–line client **npm**. It gets installed into the system with the [installation of node.js.](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/installation-of-node-js-on-windows/) The required packages and modules in the Node project are installed using **npm**. A package contains all the files needed for a module and modules are the JavaScript libraries that can be included in the Node project according to the requirement of the project.

The npx stands for **Node Package Execute** and it comes with the npm, when you installed npm above 5.2.0 version then automatically npx will installed. It is an npm package runner that can execute any package that you want from the npm registry without even installing that package. The npx is useful during a single time use package.

**Directly runnable: **You can execute your package without installation, to do so run the following command.

`npx your-package-name`

Source: [What are the differences between npm and npx?](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/what-are-the-differences-between-npm-and-npx/)

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