How to view the dependency tree of a given npm module?

How can I get the tree of a module available to npm, but not installed locally ?

npm ll does the job for locally installed packages. But it doesn't work for modules not installed or modules installed globally.

I tried npm list bower but that's not it.

You can generate NPM dependency trees without the need of installing a dependency by using the command

npm list

This will generate a dependency tree for the project at the current directory and print it to the console.

You can get the dependency tree of a specific dependency like so:

npm list [dependency]

You can also set the maximum depth level by doing

npm list --depth=[depth]

Note that you can only view the dependency tree of a dependency that you have installed either globally, or locally to the NPM project.

You can use the npm-remote-ls module. You can install it globally:

npm install -g npm-remote-ls

And then call:

npm-remote-ls bower

Alternatively, [email protected] installed then you can use npx and avoid globally installing the command - just call:

npx npm-remote-ls bower