npm-to-cdn

A professional open-source Node.js CLI tool to instantly get CDN links for any npm package from major providers.

Features

• Auto-discovers UMD files from CDN file listings (unpkg, jsDelivr)
• Supports unpkg, jsDelivr, esm.sh, skypack
• Minified/dev toggle: --min (default) or --dev
• Batch mode: Query multiple packages at once
• Clipboard: Copy first CDN link with --clipboard
• JSON output: --json for machine-readable output
• UMD-only: --umd for just unpkg/jsDelivr UMD links
• Show all versions: --versions flag
• Verbose/silent: --verbose for debug, --silent for CI
• Graceful error handling

Installation

npm install -g npm-to-cdn

Usage

n2cdn react
n2cdn [email protected]
n2cdn axios --json
n2cdn vue --clipboard
n2cdn react@17 [email protected] --json --silent
n2cdn react --versions
n2cdn react@17 --umd --verbose
n2cdn vue@2 --dev --umd
n2cdn react --cdnjs
n2cdn react --statically user/repo/tag/dist/file.js
n2cdn react --bowercdn
n2cdn react --template "https://mycdn.com/{name}@{version}/{file}"

Flags

• --json Output as JSON
• --clipboard Copy first CDN link to clipboard
• --umd Show only unpkg/jsDelivr UMD links
• --min Prefer minified builds (default)
• --dev Prefer development (non-minified) builds
• --versions List all available versions for the package
• --verbose Show all attempted URLs and debug info
• --silent Suppress banner and only output links
• --help Show help

Only valid CDN links are shown. UMD guessing is version-aware and auto-discovers from CDN file listings.

Supported CDN Providers

• unpkg
• jsDelivr
• esm.sh
• skypack
• cdnjs
• Statically (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
• BowerCDN
• Custom templates

Usage Examples

n2cdn react --cdnjs
n2cdn react --statically user/repo/tag/dist/file.js
n2cdn react --bowercdn
n2cdn react --template "https://mycdn.com/{name}@{version}/{file}"

CLI Improvements

• All provider flags are now grouped and clearly documented
• Input validation for statically flag
• Consistent flag naming and help output

Example Output

$ n2cdn react@17 [email protected] --json --silent
[
  {
    "pkg": "react",
    "version": "17",
    "cdns": {
      "unpkg": "https://unpkg.com/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js",
      "jsDelivr": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/react@17/umd/react.production.min.js",
      "esmSh": "https://esm.sh/react@17",
      "skypack": "https://cdn.skypack.dev/react@17"
    }
  },
  {
    "pkg": "lodash",
    "version": "4.17.21",
    "cdns": {
      "esmSh": "https://esm.sh/[email protected]",
      "skypack": "https://cdn.skypack.dev/[email protected]"
    }
  }
]

Global Installation

This CLI is globally installable. After running:

npm install -g npm-to-cdn

You can use the n2cdn command anywhere.

Links

• Website: https://triallord.github.io/npm-to-cdn/
• GitHub: https://github.com/TrialLord/npm-to-cdn

License

MIT

Planned Features

• Support for more CDN providers
• Custom CDN URL templates via CLI flag

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to get started.

Code of Conduct

This project follows the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct.