<!doctype html> <html> <title>npm-outdated</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../static/style.css"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-outdated.html"> <script async=true src="../../static/toc.js"></script> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h1><a href="../cli/npm-outdated.html">npm-outdated</a></h1> <p>Check for outdated packages</p> <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> <pre><code>npm outdated [[<@scope>/]<pkg> ...]</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> <p>This command will check the registry to see if any (or, specific) installed packages are currently outdated.</p> <p>In the output:</p> <ul> <li><code>wanted</code> is the maximum version of the package that satisfies the semver range specified in <code>package.json</code>. If there's no available semver range (i.e. you're running <code>npm outdated --global</code>, or the package isn't included in <code>package.json</code>), then <code>wanted</code> shows the currently-installed version.</li> <li><code>latest</code> is the version of the package tagged as latest in the registry. Running <code>npm publish</code> with no special configuration will publish the package with a dist-tag of <code>latest</code>. This may or may not be the maximum version of the package, or the most-recently published version of the package, depending on how the package's developer manages the latest <a href="../cli/dist-tag.html">dist-tag(1)</a>.</li> <li><code>location</code> is where in the dependency tree the package is located. Note that <code>npm outdated</code> defaults to a depth of 0, so unless you override that, you'll always be seeing only top-level dependencies that are outdated.</li> <li><code>package type</code> (when using <code>--long</code> / <code>-l</code>) tells you whether this package is a <code>dependency</code> or a <code>devDependency</code>. Packages not included in <code>package.json</code> are always marked <code>dependencies</code>.</li> <li><code>homepage</code> (when using <code>--long</code> / <code>-l</code>) is the <code>homepage</code> value contained in the package's <code>package.json</code></li> <li>Red means there's a newer version matching your semver requirements, so you should update now.</li> <li>Yellow indicates that there's a newer version above your semver requirements (usually new major, or new 0.x minor) so proceed with caution.</li> </ul> <h3 id="an-example">An example</h3> <pre><code>$ npm outdated Package Current Wanted Latest Location glob 5.0.15 5.0.15 6.0.1 test-outdated-output nothingness 0.0.3 git git test-outdated-output npm 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.1 test-outdated-output local-dev 0.0.3 linked linked test-outdated-output once 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.3.3 test-outdated-output</code></pre><p>With these <code>dependencies</code>:</p> <pre><code class="language-json">{ "glob": "^5.0.15", "nothingness": "github:othiym23/nothingness#master", "npm": "^3.5.1", "once": "^1.3.1" }</code></pre> <p>A few things to note:</p> <ul> <li><code>glob</code> requires <code>^5</code>, which prevents npm from installing <code>glob@6</code>, which is outside the semver range.</li> <li>Git dependencies will always be reinstalled, because of how they're specified. The installed committish might satisfy the dependency specifier (if it's something immutable, like a commit SHA), or it might not, so <code>npm outdated</code> and <code>npm update</code> have to fetch Git repos to check. This is why currently doing a reinstall of a Git dependency always forces a new clone and install.</li> <li><a href="mailto:%60npm@3.5.2">`npm@3.5.2</a><code>is marked as "wanted", but "latest" is</code><a href="mailto:npm@3.5.1">npm@3.5.1</a><code>because npm uses dist-tags to manage its</code>latest<code>and</code>next<code>release channels.</code>npm update<code>will install the _newest_ version, but</code>npm install npm<code>(with no semver range) will install whatever's tagged as</code>latest`.</li> <li><code>once</code> is just plain out of date. Reinstalling <code>node_modules</code> from scratch or running <code>npm update</code> will bring it up to spec.</li> </ul> <h2 id="configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2> <h3 id="json">json</h3> <ul> <li>Default: false</li> <li>Type: Boolean</li> </ul> <p>Show information in JSON format.</p> <h3 id="long">long</h3> <ul> <li>Default: false</li> <li>Type: Boolean</li> </ul> <p>Show extended information.</p> <h3 id="parseable">parseable</h3> <ul> <li>Default: false</li> <li>Type: Boolean</li> </ul> <p>Show parseable output instead of tree view.</p> <h3 id="global">global</h3> <ul> <li>Default: false</li> <li>Type: Boolean</li> </ul> <p>Check packages in the global install prefix instead of in the current project.</p> <h3 id="depth">depth</h3> <ul> <li>Default: 0</li> <li>Type: Int</li> </ul> <p>Max depth for checking dependency tree.</p> <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../cli/npm-update.html">npm-update(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-dist-tag.html">npm-dist-tag(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../misc/npm-registry.html">npm-registry(7)</a></li> <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li> </ul> </div> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id=npmlogo> <tr><td style="width:180px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=18> </td></tr> <tr><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td colspan=6 style="width:60px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2 style="width:20px;height:30px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=4 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:20px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=2> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:60px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=6> </td><td colspan=10 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=5 style="width:50px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:90px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=9> </td></tr> </table> <p id="footer">npm-outdated — npm@6.5.0</p>