Furthermore, you can read the [**Debugging Guidelines**](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/wiki/Debugging-Verdaccio) and the [**Docker Examples**](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/tree/master/docker-examples) for more advanced development.
You can develop your own [plugins](https://verdaccio.org/docs/plugins) with the [verdaccio generator](https://github.com/verdaccio/generator-verdaccio-plugin). Installing [Yeoman](https://yeoman.io/) is required.
```
npm install -g yo
npm install -g generator-verdaccio-plugin
```
Learn more [here](https://verdaccio.org/docs/dev-plugins) how to develop plugins. Share your plugins with the community.
Verdaccio is run by **volunteers**; nobody is working full-time on it. If you find this project to be useful and would like to support its development, consider do a long support donation - **and your logo will be on this section of the readme.**
**[Donate](https://github.com/sponsors/verdaccio)** 💵👍🏻 starting from _$1/month_ or just one single contribution.
## What does Verdaccio do for me?
### Use private packages
If you want to use all benefits of npm package system in your company without sending all code to the public, and use your private packages just as easy as public ones.
### Cache npmjs.org registry
If you have more than one server you want to install packages on, you might want to use this to decrease latency
(presumably "slow" npmjs.org will be connected to only once per package/version) and provide limited failover (if npmjs.org is down, we might still find something useful in the cache) or avoid issues like _[How one developer just broke Node, Babel and thousands of projects in 11 lines of JavaScript](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/)_, _[Many packages suddenly disappeared](https://github.com/npm/registry-issue-archive/issues/255)_ or _[Registry returns 404 for a package I have installed before](https://github.com/npm/registry-issue-archive/issues/329)_.
### Link multiple registries
If you use multiples registries in your organization and need to fetch packages from multiple sources in one single project you might take advance of the uplinks feature with Verdaccio, chaining multiple registries and fetching from one single endpoint.
### Override public packages
If you want to use a modified version of some 3rd-party package (for example, you found a bug, but maintainer didn't accept pull request yet), you can publish your version locally under the same name. See in detail [here](https://verdaccio.org/docs/en/best#override-public-packages).
### E2E Testing
Verdaccio has proved to be a lightweight registry that can be
booted in a couple of seconds, fast enough for any CI. Many open source projects use verdaccio for end to end testing, to mention some examples, **create-react-app**, **mozilla neutrino**, **pnpm**, **storybook**, **babel.js, **angular-cli** or **docusaurus\*\*. You can read more in [here](https://verdaccio.org/docs/e2e).
- [**Juan Picado** – Testing the integrity of React components by publishing in a private registry - React Finland - 2021](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRKZbrlQqLY&t=16s&ab_channel=ReactFinland)
- [**OpenJS World 2020** about \*Cover your Projects with a Multi purpose Lightweight Node.js Registry - **Juan Picado**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCjDWeehAQ)
- [ViennaJS Meetup - Introduction to Verdaccio by **Priscila Olivera** and **Juan Picado**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDIFKzmoCa)
- [Open Source? trivago - Verdaccio (**Ayush** and **Juan Picado**) January 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CWxJC9xzc)
- [GitNation Open Source Stage - How we have built a Node.js Registry with React - **Juan Picado** December 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpjC8Qp9B9A)
- [Verdaccio - A lightweight Private Proxy Registry built in Node.js | **Juan Picado** at The Destro Dev Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=P_hxy7W-IL4&ab_channel=TheDestroDevShow)
## Get Started
Run in your terminal
```bash
verdaccio
```
You would need set some npm configuration, this is optional.
For one-off commands or to avoid setting the registry globally:
```bash
NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY=http://localhost:4873 npm i
```
Now you can navigate to [http://localhost:4873/](http://localhost:4873/) where your local packages will be listed and can be searched.
> Warning: Verdaccio [does not currently support PM2's cluster mode](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues/1301#issuecomment-489302298), running it with cluster mode may cause unknown behavior.
## Publishing
#### 1. create a user and log in
```bash
npm adduser --registry http://localhost:4873
```
> if you use HTTPS, add an appropriate CA information ("null" means get CA list from OS)
Verdaccio aims to support all features of a standard npm client that make sense to support in private repository. Unfortunately, it isn't always possible.
If you want to report a security vulnerability, please follow the steps which we have defined for you in our [security policy](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/security/policy).
Thanks to the following companies to help us to achieve our goals providing free open source licenses. Every company provides enough resources to move this project forward.
| BrowserStack | [](https://www.browserstack.com/) | BrowserStack provides plan to run End to End testing for the UI |
| Netlify | [](https://www.netlify.com/) | Netlify provides pro plan for website deployment |
| Algolia | [](https://algolia.com/) | Algolia provides search services for the website |
| Docker | [](https://www.docker.com/community/open-source/application) | Docker offers unlimited pulls and unlimited egress to any and all users |
Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [[Become a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/verdaccio#sponsor)]
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