Gathering detailed insights and metrics for global-dirs
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for global-dirs
Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries
Installations
npm install global-dirsDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
Yes
Module System
N/A
Min. Node Version
>=10
Node Version
20.9.0
NPM Version
9.2.0
Score
98.3
Supply Chain
89.4
Quality
75.4
Maintenance
100
Vulnerability
100
License
Releases
8
Languages
2
JavaScript
TypeScript
JavaScript (92.55%)
TypeScript (7.45%)
Developer
sindresorhus
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
3,789,358,525
Last Day
1,043,576
Last Week
17,583,051
Last Month
77,202,190
Last Year
731,085,784
GitHub Statistics
MIT License
76 Stars
32 Commits
10 Forks
5 Watchers
1 Branches
7 Contributors
Updated on May 13, 2025
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Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
4.0.0
Package Id
global-dirs@4.0.0
Unpacked Size
8.17 kB
Size
3.02 kB
File Count
5
NPM Version
9.2.0
Node Version
20.9.0
Published on
Nov 06, 2023
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
3,789,358,525
Last Day
-8.7%
1,043,576
Compared to previous day
Last Week
5.7%
17,583,051
Compared to previous week
Last Month
6.7%
77,202,190
Compared to previous month
Last Year
4.2%
731,085,784
Compared to previous year
Weekly Downloads
Monthly Downloads
Yearly Downloads
global-dirs
Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries
Uses the same resolution logic as npm and yarn.
Install
$ npm install global-dirs
Usage
1const globalDirectories = require('global-dirs'); 2 3console.log(globalDirectories.npm.prefix); 4//=> '/usr/local' 5 6console.log(globalDirectories.npm.packages); 7//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' 8 9console.log(globalDirectories.npm.binaries); 10//=> '/usr/local/bin' 11 12console.log(globalDirectories.yarn.packages); 13//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/.config/yarn/global/node_modules'
API
globalDirectories
npm
yarn
packages
Directory with globally installed packages.
Equivalent to npm root --global.
binaries
Directory with globally installed binaries.
Equivalent to npm bin --global.
prefix
Directory with directories for packages and binaries. You probably want either of the above.
Equivalent to npm prefix --global.
Related
- import-global - Import a globally installed module
- resolve-global - Resolve the path of a globally installed module
- is-installed-globally - Check if your package was installed globally
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