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- .TH "NPM-ADDUSER" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@11.12.0" ""
- .SH "NAME"
- \fBnpm-adduser\fR - Add a registry user account
- .SS "Synopsis"
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm adduser
- alias: add-user
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
- .SS "Description"
- .P
- Create a new user in the specified registry, and save the credentials to the \fB.npmrc\fR file. If no registry is specified, the default registry will be used (see npm help registry).
- .P
- When you run \fBnpm adduser\fR, the CLI automatically generates a legacy token of \fBpublish\fR type. For more information, see \fBAbout legacy tokens\fR \fI\(la/about-access-tokens#about-legacy-tokens\(ra\fR.
- .P
- When using \fBlegacy\fR for your \fBauth-type\fR, the username, password, and email are read in from prompts.
- .SS "Configuration"
- .SS "\fBregistry\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: URL
- .RE 0
- .P
- The base URL of the npm registry.
- .SS "\fBscope\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: the scope of the current project, if any, or ""
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: String
- .RE 0
- .P
- Associate an operation with a scope for a scoped registry.
- .P
- Useful when logging in to or out of a private registry:
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- # log in, linking the scope to the custom registry
- npm login --scope=@mycorp --registry=https://registry.mycorp.com
- # log out, removing the link and the auth token
- npm logout --scope=@mycorp
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- This will cause \fB@mycorp\fR to be mapped to the registry for future installation of packages specified according to the pattern \fB@mycorp/package\fR.
- .P
- This will also cause \fBnpm init\fR to create a scoped package.
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- # accept all defaults, and create a package named "@foo/whatever",
- # instead of just named "whatever"
- npm init --scope=@foo --yes
- .fi
- .RE
- .SS "\fBauth-type\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: "web"
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: "legacy" or "web"
- .RE 0
- .P
- What authentication strategy to use with \fBlogin\fR. Note that if an \fBotp\fR config is given, this value will always be set to \fBlegacy\fR.
- .SS "See Also"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help registry
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help config
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help npmrc
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help owner
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help whoami
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help token
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help profile
- .RE 0
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