distributed npm client.
An alternative npm client, based around a local replication of the npm metadata. (package.json & readmes are replicated for every package, but only tarballs that you have installed are replicated)
replicating data locally makes the client much smarter, and enables all manner of Mad Science.
To begin, replicate the registry metadata. When this gets near 100% you can use the other commands.
npm install npmd -g
npmd --sync
You should leave the npmd service running in the background,
this will make running other npmd commands much faster.
npmd will pull down npm metadata, and store it in a leveldb. this will be less than 200mb, including a full text index.
install a module. if the module's dependencies are in the cache,
then npmd will install without making a single network round trip!
npmd install browserify --greedy
--greedy is optional, if enabled, the dependency tree is flattened as much as possible.
so you have less duplication.
resolve all module versions required to install a given module. will write json to stdout in the same format as npm-shrinkwrap.
npmd resolve request
MIT