npm - how to show the latest version of a package

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How do I use npm to show the latest version of a module  I am expecting something like npm --latest express to print out v3 0 0

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You can see all the version of a module with npm view. eg: To list all versions of bootstrap including beta.

npm view bootstrap versions

But if the version list is very big it will truncate. An --json option will print all version including beta versions as well.

npm view bootstrap versions --json

If you want to list only the stable versions not the beta then use singular version

npm view bootstrap@* versions

Or

npm view bootstrap@* versions --json

And, if you want to see only latest version then here you go.

npm view bootstrap version

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You can use   npm show  pkg  version    so npm show express version will return now 3 0 0rc3

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As of October 2014     For latest remote version   npm view  lt module name gt  version     Note  version is singular   If you d like to see all available  remote  versions  then do   npm view  lt module name gt  versions   Note  versions is plural  This will give you the full listing of versions to choose from   To get the version you actually have locally you could use   npm list --depth 0   grep  lt module name gt    Note  even with package json declaring your versions  the installed version might actually differ slightly - for instance if tilda was used in the version declaration  Should work across NPM versions 1 3 x  1 4 x  2 x and 3 x

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There is also another easy way to check the latest version without going to NPM if you are using VS Code      In package json file check for the module you want to know the latest   version  Remove the current version already present there and do CTRL     space or CMD   space mac  The VS code will show the latest versions

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The npm view  lt pkg gt  version prints the last version by release date  That might very well be an hotfix release for a older stable branch at times   The solution is to list all versions and fetch the last one by version number    npm view  lt pkg gt  versions --json   jq -r    -1     Or with awk instead of jq     npm view  lt pkg gt  --json    awk       print gensub               G

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If you re looking for the current and the latest versions of all your installed packages  you can also use   npm outdated

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