npm-inactive

Remove and deprecate a package on your npm profile

First, set an account where your inactive packages will be archived:

npm config set npm-inactive-account $inactive_account

This will default to the value of npm whoami + "-inactive" (e.g. jamen-inactive)

Then you run npm-inactive with the package name you are inactivating

npm-inactive some-package

This will set a deprecation message, and transfer the ownership from your account to the inactive account.

If you are inactivating a package because of a rename, give a second argument to improve the deprecation message:

npm-inactive some-package new-package

This will make it display:

this package ($inactive_package) has been renamed to $new_package.  See repository for details

Install

npm i -g npm-inactive

Usage

npm-inactive <package> [new-package]

Removes a package from your profile and sets a deprecation message. Provide new-package if you are inactiving because of a rename

npm config set npm-inactive-account <inactive-account>

Sets the username of where the inactive packages are transferred to