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nipster

v1.0.1

Published

Search npm modules with this command line client to nipster.com

Readme

nipster

Search for npm modules with this command line client to nipser.com

An alternative to npm search based on the excellent web-site nipstr.com.

Installation

This module is installed via npm:

$ npm install -g nipster

Example Usage

Just pass one more keywords to search for a package.

The packages are returned in ascending npm star order.

nipster will download a cut down JSON database of the npm registry and cache it for a day or until the web version changes, so it will be much faster than querying the npm registry.

Pull requests welcome!

$ nipster wiring
PACKAGE           DESCRIPTION                                                                       AUTHOR           MODIFIED    STARS
pidriver          Node.js driver for RaspberryPI (A,B,B+) with support for GPIO, SPI, PWM, LCD      Wszerad          2014-08-31      0
zetta-auto-scout  A basic Scout for auto-wiring devices in Zetta.                                   Kevin Swiber     2014-08-11      0
ring-middleware   A utility for wiring together ring spec middleware                                Joseph Moniz     2014-03-12      0
wiringpi          nodejs wrapper for the wiringPi                                                   ZhangYuanwei     2013-09-14      0
mailpress         A wiring up of node-mailer to templates.                                          Jake Swanson     2014-06-24      0
flumine           wiring all                                                                        daichi hiroki    2014-09-01      0
actionman         Autowiring of DOM events into eve                                                 Damon Oehlman    2014-07-21      0
raspi-llio        Provides Node.js bindings to the WiringPi library for controlling a Raspberry Pi  Bryan Hughes     2014-07-23      0
formwork          Wiring object from a configuration file                                           Amaury Mylônas   2014-09-12      0
nodesapiens       WiringPi based Interface to Robosapiens on Raspberry Pi                           Darach Ennis     2013-07-21      1
wires             simple configuration utility with smart module wiring for unobtrusive dependency  Julian Aubourg   2014-05-27      2
attr-range        find ranges for wiring up live automatically updating collections                                  2014-01-19      2
ospi-controller   A Web Controller and REST interface for Raspberry Pi based irrigation system                       2013-08-24      3
ospi              JavaScript binding for Raspberry Pi based Open Sprinkler                                           2013-08-10      3
whomecontrolpi    Wireless Home Control in Node.JS for wiringPi lib on Raspberry Pi                 Tommy Ziegler    2013-07-26      3
rpi               Raspberry Pi GPIO communication on top of WiringPi                                Xavier Seignard  2013-08-13      3
node-wiringpi     Node bindings for libwiringPi                                                     Meadhbh Hamrick  2012-12-29      7
wiring-pi         Bindings to wiringPi                                                              Igor Soarez      2014-08-27     16
node-red          A visual tool for wiring the Internet of Things                                                    2014-06-29    788