How to make npm much faster.

npm-initial-setup.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Backup current npm configs (local and global)
now="$(date +'%d.%m.%Y')"
echo "Backup npm config to npm.config[$now].json.bak file"
npm config list --json > "npm.config\[$now\].json.bak"
echo "Backup npm global config to npm.config-$now.global.json.bak file"
npm config list --global --json > "npm.config-$now.global.json.bak"

# Extract default NPM init username from git config
INIT_USERNAME=$(git config --global --get user.name)
# Extract default NPM init email from git config
INIT_EMAIL=$(git config --global --get user.email)

# Assosiative arrays works from bash 4.x.x
declare -A npmConfig=( 
[prefer-offline]=true 
[audit]=false 
[init-author-name]=$INIT_USERNAME 
[init-author-email]=$INIT_EMAIL
)

for key in "${!npmConfig[@]}"; do 
value=${npmConfig[$key]};
echo "Sets npm options (global) $key to $value"; 
sudo npm config --global set "$key" "$value"
done

NpmSpeedupOptions.md

If you want to speed up dependencies installing of your node project try to use this npm options: Sometimes this dramatically increase installing times

Use this flags (or npm options):

--prefer-offline - prefer use a local version of packages instead check ones at registry.

--no-audit - disable security checking of used dependencies (may be insecure)

--no-progress - disable progress bar (thats increase performance of dependencies installing OMG)

--no-optional - ignore installing optional dependencies

--ignore-scripts - disable running post-install scripts that may be dangerous

You can use it as npm cli flags or sets this at .npmrc at your project dir or sets by npm config set

But if you are looking for a better solution - use local (cache) registry, e.g verdaccio (https://verdaccio.org/)