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You're using NPM Scoped packages. They are private by default which requires paying NPM for a private account. If your package is public, you can use the --access=public flag like this:

npm publish --access=public

First create the org: https://www.npmjs.com/org/create

Then run npm publish --access public

You can solve the problem by adding the following to your package.json file:

package.json

"publishConfig": {
  "access": "public"
}

The publishConfig value manages the visibility of your package. If you define "public" access, then your package can be downloaded by everyone from the npm registry.

If you define "restricted" access, then consumers of your package have to add a .npmrc file to their own package in order to set an access token:

.npmrc

always-auth=true
//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}

Note: You don't need the .npmrc file when you use "public" access.