pkgjson-cli

Inspect and query package.json files from the command line. A prettier, faster alternative to manually reading package.json or running npm outdated.

Install

npm install -g pkgjson-cli

Usage

Pretty-print package.json

pkgjson

Displays name, version, description, license, author, dependency counts, and script counts in a clean format.

List dependencies

pkgjson deps

Shows all dependencies (prod, dev, peer, optional) sorted alphabetically with version ranges.

List scripts

pkgjson scripts

Shows all npm scripts defined in package.json.

Query npm registry

pkgjson info <package>

Fetches and displays package info from the npm registry — latest version, license, homepage, maintainers, total versions.

Check outdated dependencies

pkgjson outdated

Checks all prod and dev dependencies against the npm registry. Color-coded by update severity:

• Red — major update
• Yellow — minor update
• Green — patch update

Estimate node_modules size

pkgjson size

Scans node_modules directory and reports total file count and disk usage.

Flags

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --json | Output as JSON (works with all commands) | | -d, --dir <path> | Target a different directory | | -V, --version | Show version | | -h, --help | Show help |

Examples

# JSON output for scripts
pkgjson --json scripts

# Check outdated in a specific project
pkgjson -d /path/to/project outdated

# Get registry info as JSON
pkgjson --json info react

License

MIT