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Awesome npm scripts

Everything awesome for using npm as a build tool.

Notice: I’m currently too busy to actively expand this list; therefore, I’ve decided to make this an OPEN Open Source Project. Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are given commit-access to the project to contribute as they see fit.

Articles
Videos/Talks
Task Runners
File Watchers
Dev Servers
Cross-platform Utilities
- Utility Packs
Other Utilities
Miscellaneous
Cross-platform Shell Reference
npm run Reference
Contributing
License

Articles

Why we should stop using Grunt & Gulp - Blog post by Keith Cirkel.
How to Use npm as a Build Tool - Sequel to Why we should stop using Grunt & Gulp.
Why I Left Gulp and Grunt for npm Scripts - Article by Cory House.
Helpers and tips for npm run scripts - Blog post by Michael Kühnel covering advanced topics.

Videos/Talks

Advanced front-end automation with npm scripts - Talk at Nordic.js 2015 by Kate Hudson
How to create a build system with npm scripts - Video tutorial series on setting up a front-end build system.

Task Runners

Tools for running multiple commands or npm scripts in parallel or sequentially.

script-runner ★16 ⏳1Y - Simple task runner with a terse syntax.
npm-run-all ★1935 - Fully featured task runner.
redrun ★61 - Expand scripts from package.json to improve execution speed.

File Watchers

Tools to watch your source files and run a build command whenever any of the files change.

onchange ★393 - onchange <glob> -- <command>.
watch ★1055 - watch <command> <directory>.

Dev Servers

http-server ★7018 - Simple zero-configuration command-line http server.
live-server ★2205 - Simple development http server with live reload capability.

Cross-platform Utilities

Utilities to perform common command-line tasks without worrying about cross-platform compatibility.

rimraf ★2528 - Delete files or directories; like rm -rf.
del-cli ★94 ⏳1Y - Safer file and folder deletion.
mkdirp ★1810 - Create a directory, creating parent directories if needed; like mkdir -p.
cpr ★55 - cp -r for Nodejs
cpy-cli ★78 - File/directory copying/renaming.
copyfiles ★92 - Copy a list of files into a directory.
sync-files ★29 - rsync-like directory syncing with watch mode.
echo-cli ★3 ⏳2Y - Cross-platform echo with JS escape sequence support.
clear-cli ★34 ⏳2Y - Clear the terminal.
cross-env ★2689 - Set environment variables for scripts, unix-style.
cross-os ★7 - Run platform-specific npm scripts.
ntee ★17 ⏳1Y - Utility that reads from standard input and writes to standard output and files; like Unix tee.
catw ★112 ⏳3Y - Print a file to stdout, with optional watch mode; sorta like Unix cat.

Utility Packs

shx ★512 - Collection of common Unix utilities implemented in Node.js; example usage: shx rm somefile.

Other Utilities

hashmark ★186 - Take contents of a file and output as new file with a hash in the name.
gzip-size-cli ★101 - Get the gzipped size of a file or stdin.
opn-cli ★160 ⏳2Y - Open websites, files, executables, etc. with the user’s preferred application.
headr ★0 ⏳1Y - Add header / banner info to a file.
Bower files CLI ★3 ⏳1Y - Get main bower files on the command line
cli-error-notifier ★38 - Send native desktop notifications when npm scripts fail.

Miscellaneous

screwy ★96 ⏳1Y - The npm scripts GUI.
Forrest ★272 ⏳1Y - npm scripts desktop client.
run-npm ★167 - Run locally-installed node module executables. Useful for debugging npm scripts.
npm-quick-run ★75 - Quickly run npm scripts by prefix without typing the full name.
edit-script ★5 - Edit npm scripts from the command line without worrying about JSON escaping.
ntl ★506 - Interactive cli menu to list and run npm scripts.

Cross-platform Shell Reference

A quick reference of the shell operators & commands that work the same on Unix and Windows.

&& runs commands in sequence. If a command fails, the script exits.
| pipes the stdout of one command into the stdin of the next. (do-something | something else)
> writes the stdout of a command to a file. (do-something > file)
< sends the contents of a file to a command’s stdin. (command < file)
cd <dir> changes the current working directory to <dir>. Note that cd alone prints the current working directory on windows, but changes the working directory to ~ on *nix.

`npm run` Reference

You can use npm run-script or npm run; they both do the same thing, but npm run is shorter.

Run just npm run to print a list of scripts.
Running npm run script (where script is the name of your script) will run prescript, script, and postscript; in that order.
- You can’t nest pre and post hooks (i.e. preprescript won’t work).
You can pass arguments to your scripts by passing -- to npm run, followed by the arguments. Example: Given the script "mocha": "mocha", you can run npm run mocha -- --reporter xunit. This effectively runs mocha --reporter xunit.
Running npm test is the same as running npm run test. The same applies to npm start and npm stop.
You can run npm run <script> -s to silence the default npm output (useful for calling a script within another script).

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License