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- .TH "NPM-HELP" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@11.12.0" ""
- .SH "NAME"
- \fBnpm-help\fR - Get help on npm
- .SS "Synopsis"
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm help <term> \[lB]<terms..>\[rB]
- alias: hlep
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
- .SS "Description"
- .P
- If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page.
- .P
- If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then npm will run the \fBhelp-search\fR command to find a match. Note that, if \fBhelp-search\fR finds a single subject, then it will run \fBhelp\fR on that topic, so unique matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name.
- .SS "Configuration"
- .SS "\fBviewer\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: String
- .RE 0
- .P
- The program to use to view help content.
- .P
- Set to \fB"browser"\fR to view html help content in the default web browser.
- .SS "See Also"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help npm
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help folders
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help config
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help npmrc
- .IP \(bu 4
- \fBpackage.json\fR \fI\(la/configuring-npm/package-json\(ra\fR
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help help-search
- .RE 0
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