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I just published my first package - profanity-scanner - to npm, and it was really easy once I figured out the steps I had to take (npm doesn’t offer a guide, just docs you have to sort through). In three days I’ve had over 60 downloads already!

Here’s all you need to do to get your package up on npm:

  1. Write your node module like any other node module, but keep it in an isolated folder

  2. Add your user info if you haven’t already like this (one-time only)

    $ npm set init.author.name "Your Name"
$ npm set init.author.email "your@email.com"
$ npm set init.author.url "http://yoursite.com"
$ npm adduser
  3. Create a package.json file using $ npm init and fill out the fields
  4. npm publish

If you want to be a good citizen, and have people actually use your code, I’d recommend adding a README to your package as well.