📦 Introducing pkg.land (beta) - find similar packages on npm

Web developers, you probably use NPM everyday at work, but do you know how many packages are on NPM? (Hint: it is the biggest software registry in the world)

. . .

Got a number?

Today, NPM hosts about 1.8M packages. To put it in perspective, the second biggest registry is PyPI (Python Package Index) at about 350K packages. (Source: http://www.modulecounts.com/)

With so many packages to choose from, no wonder we have a saying called “JavaScript Fatigue”.

There are many ways we can improve this situation, and we will probably need all of them. But today, I would like to introduce you to…

https://pkg.land (beta) 🎉

Summary: pkg.land (beta) suggests you a list of similar packages based on a npm package you search.

Example: if you search moment, https://pkg.land/package/moment will suggest you similar packages like dayjs, date-fns and more.

Screenshot of search results of jest:

Important Notes

This project is still in its early and experimental stage, all features are likely to change in the future as more improvements will be made gradually

You will not find every package from npm on pkg.land. For example, @types/ packages, really old/new packages are excluded to provide the most relevant results as possible

Any feedbacks are welcome, leave a comment below or DM on https://twitter.com/pkgland

If you find the project useful, please share it with whoever might find it helpful too! 🌟
And give it a follow on Twitter, it would really help the project grow! 🪴