NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry(npmx.dev)
29 pointsby slymax2 hours ago7 comments
  • pveierland13 minutes ago
    - Certain pages load but are not able to load content, e.g. https://npmx.dev/package/@storybook/addon-docs fails to load content with:

    > `[nuxt] Cannot load payload /package/@storybook/addon-docs/_payload.json?c459501f-8eb7-49c9-be9c-4a197fa35a39 Error: Invalid input`

    - Scrolling fast on Firefox + Chrome is broken and resets the search results page to start.

    - Pressing up/down arrows should navigate search item results instead of focusing individual tag elements.

  • hdjrudnian hour ago
    But why?

    npmjs.com is not slow and not something I need to interact with very often.

    And npmjs.com is still the authority when it comes to publishing packages, no? So I'd still have to use it.

    • jasonjmcghee20 minutes ago
      Cynically, if you can attract a representative sample, you could aggregate and sell analytics data.

      Another could be to have an "alternatives" section based on semantic similarity and / or some other features that have signal.

    • pier259 minutes ago
      I almost never use npmjs.com.

      When I do it’s just to click on the repo link.

    • brycelarkinan hour ago
      npmjs search is very slow
      • DeepYogurtan hour ago
        how often does anyone use it though?
      • 65an hour ago
        I mean are we really arguing over milliseconds here? I have never in my life had the thought "NPM search is too slow, I need a faster solution"

        I have had the thought "NPM search sorted by downloads this week is giving me irrelevant packages" - but I'm not sure this tool solves that.

        • skydhash33 minutes ago
          My only pain point, that I solved with a few lines of elisp, was to go to npmjs, to find the repo link for my dependencies. What's in `node_modules` may be compiled to an inscrutable blob and it's rare to find good library docs.
  • skybrianan hour ago
    I'm not sure what features I'm supposed to notice that are better, but having built-in API docs and source code browsing is nice. (Though slightly laggy.)

    Nit: there are distracting animations, such as on the weekly download graph.

  • djdnndj38 minutes ago
    I like it, don't get the negativity in this thread
  • spidericean hour ago
    Aaaand, it's down. Is it's inability to handle light load what makes it modern?
  • cdaringean hour ago
    it’s modern, i heard
  • emeraudelinton2 hours ago
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