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create-random

v1.0.1

Published

Node.js shell script that runs a random `npm create` command.

Readme

Create random

Node.js shell script that runs a random npm create command.

It works by choosing a random npm package that:

  • follows the create- naming convention,
  • has an executable "bin" script, as defined by package.json's bin property, and
  • has more than 150 weekly downloads on the npm registry.

Usage

No installation is required. Just run the script.

npm create random

Alternatively, but ultimately defeating our appreciation for the syntactic eudaimonia of the "npm create" command, you can also do:

npx create-random

Or, if you are a monster:

npm exec create-random

More information

Acknowledgments

We want to thank nice-registry for his all-the-package-names repository, faithfully updated every day since 2016.

License

MIT