npm Registry API: Search 2M+ Packages Without Rate Limits

npm's registry API lets you search and inspect any of 2M+ packages — free, no key.

Search

https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search?text=web+scraping&size=25

Returns: name, description, version, score (quality, popularity, maintenance), publisher, keywords.

Package Details

https://registry.npmjs.org/crawlee

Returns: all versions, dependencies, README, license, maintainers, creation date.

Download Stats

https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-month/react

Returns: weekly/monthly download counts.

Use Cases

• Tech stack research
• Dependency analysis
• Finding alternatives to popular packages
• Tracking package growth trends

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