which-npm

which-npm is a command-line utility that helps you locate the package.json file that a specific file or directory belongs to.

Installation

npm install -g which-npm
# or simply run through npx
npx which-npm

Usage

# If no path is provided, the current working directory is used.
which-npm [path] [options]

Examples

Basic usage (displays package name):

which-npm
# my-awesome-package

Show the absolute path to the package.json file:

which-npm -p
# /Users/username/projects/my-awesome-package/package.json

Show the relative path from ./dist/index.js to the package.json file:

which-npm ./dist/index.js --path-relative
# ../package.json

Display the entire package.json content:

which-npm --json
# { "name": "my-awesome-package", "version": "1.0.0", ... }

Recursively find all parent package.json files:

which-npm -r
# my-awesome-package
# parent-workspace
# root-project

Options

For a full list of options, run:

which-npm --help

Use Cases

• Identify which package a file belongs to in monorepos and print the package name, path or json content
• Find the nearest package.json when working in deeply nested directories

License

MIT