# global-modules

> The directory used by npm for globally installed npm modules.

Latest version **2.0.0** (published 2018-12-15) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install global-modules
pnpm add global-modules
yarn add global-modules
bun add global-modules
```

## Health

**Score 23/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 |
| Published | 2018-12-15 |
| First published | 2015-03-06 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/global-modules) |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=6 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 6.4 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 35 |
| Author | Jon Schlinkert |
| Maintainers | jonschlinkert |
| Keywords | directory, dirname, global, module, modules, package, path, prefix, resolve |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/global-modules
- Repository: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/global-modules
- Issues: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/global-modules/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/global-modules

## Dependencies (1)

- [global-prefix](https://npm.io/package/global-prefix.md) ^3.0.0

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## Recent versions

- 2.0.0 (latest) — 2018-12-15
- 1.0.0 — 2017-06-28
- 0.2.3 — 2016-07-26
- 0.2.2 — 2016-06-05
- 0.2.1 — 2016-03-13
- 0.2.0 — 2015-07-15
- 0.1.0 — 2015-03-06

## README

# global-modules [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/global-modules.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/global-modules) [![NPM monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/global-modules.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/global-modules) [![NPM total downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/global-modules.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/global-modules) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/global-modules.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/global-modules)

> The directory used by npm for globally installed npm modules.

Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.

## Install

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```sh
$ npm install --save global-modules
```

## Usage

```js
const globalModules = require('global-modules');
console.log(globalModules);
//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' 
```
_(Note that this path might be different based on platform, user-defined configuration settings, etc)_

## About

<details>
<summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Building docs</strong></summary>

_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_

To generate the readme, run the following command:

```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```

</details>

### Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

* [git-config-path](https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-config-path): Resolve the path to the user's local or global .gitconfig. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/git-config-path "Resolve the path to the user's local or global .gitconfig.")
* [global-prefix](https://www.npmjs.com/package/global-prefix): Get the npm global path prefix. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/global-prefix "Get the npm global path prefix.")
* [npm-paths](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-paths): Returns an array of unique "npm" directories based on the user's platform and environment. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/npm-paths "Returns an array of unique "npm" directories based on the user's platform and environment.")

### Contributors

| **Commits** | **Contributor** |  
| --- | --- |  
| 20 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |  
| 1  | [Kikobeats](https://github.com/Kikobeats) |  

### Author

**Jon Schlinkert**

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### License

Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

***

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