The tool to allows you to list any node_modules directories in your system - npkill

 

   

Easily find and remove old and heavy node_modules folders 

This tool allows you to list any node_modules directories in your system, as well as the space they take up. You can then select which ones you want to erase to free up space. Yay!

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
  • Options
  • Examples
• Roadmap
• Known-bugs
• Contributing

Features

• Clear space: Get rid of old and dusty node_modules cluttering up your machine.
• Very fast: NPKILL is written in TypeScript, but searches are performed at a low level, improving performance greatly.
• Easy to use: Say goodbye to lengthy commands. Using npkill is as simple as reading a list of your node_modules, and pressing Del to get rid of them. Could it be any easier? ;)
• Minified: It barely has any dependencies.

Installation

$ npm i -g npkill

Unix users may need to run the command with sudo

Usage

$ npkill

By default, npkill will scan for node_modules starting at the path where npkill command is executed.

Move between the listed folders with ↓ ↑, and use Space to delete the selected folder (v0.2.2 and below the key was Del).

To exit, Q or Ctrl + c if you're brave.

Options

ARGUMENT	DESCRIPTION
-c, --bg-color	Change row highlight color. (Available: blue, cyan, magenta, white, red and yellow)
-d, --directory	Set the directory from which to begin searching. By default, starting-point is .
-D, --delete-all	CURRENTLY DISABLED. Automatically delete all node_modules folders that are found.
-e, --show-errors	Show error messages related to the search if any
-f, --full	Start searching from the home of the user (example: "/home/user" in linux)
-h, --help, ?	Show this help page and exit
-v, --version	Show npkill version

Warning: In future versions some commands may change

Examples

• Search node_modules directories in your projects directory:

npkill -d ~/projects

# other alternative:
cd ~/projects
npkill

• Delete all node_modules that have sneaked into your backups, and show errors if any occur:

npkill -d ~/backups/ -e

Roadmap

•  Release 0.1.0 !
•  Improve code
  •  Improve performance
  •  Improve performance even more!
•  Reduce dependencies to be a more minimalist module
•  Allow the search for other types of directories (targets)
•  Allow to filter by directories that have not been used in a period of time
•  Create option for displaying directories in tree format
•  Add some menus
•  Periodic and automatic cleaning (?)

Known-bugs

• Sometimes, CLI is blocked while folder is deleting.
• (SOLVED) Performance issues when searching from high level directories (like / in linux).
• (SOLVED) Sometimes text collapses when updating the cli.
• (SOLVED) Analyzing the size of the directories takes longer than it should.
• (SOLVED) State "searching..." does not change even if search has been completed