til/javascript/list-top-level-npm-dependencies.md

List Top-Level NPM Dependencies

The npm ls command can be used to list all dependencies for a project. This will, however, produce an exhaustive list of all dependencies including dependencies of dependencies. A list this large probably isn't going to be of much use.

The --depth flag allows you to restrict the depth of the dependency tree that is generated.

$ npm ls --depth=0

This will produce a list of only the top-level dependencies.

See man npm-ls for more details.