Publishing Packages in NPM
From the NPM Package Manager cheat sheet · Publishing & Versioning · verified Jul 2026
Publishing Packages
Publish to NPM registry
bash
# Login to registry
npm login
npm whoami # Verify login
# Publish package
npm publish
# Publish with tag
npm publish --tag beta
npm publish --tag next
# Publish scoped package publicly
npm publish --access public
# Dry run (see what would publish)
npm publish --dry-run
# Pack for inspection
npm pack # Creates .tgz file🟢 Essential for package authors
💡 Use --dry-run to preview before publishing
⚠️ Unpublish only works within 72 hours
📌 Use "files" field to control published files
🔗 Related: np package for easier publishing
publishregistry
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