Tools to keep your NPM dependencies up-to-date

You can use the default npm commands npm outdated (check the registry to see if any packages are currently outdated) and npm update (update all the packages listed to the latest version, respecting the semver constraints of both your package and its dependencies).

 
# list packages respecting semver
npm outdated
# update package.json
npm outdated --save
# update and install packages
npm update

But, to get a more detailed and prettier overview of the dependencies, you resort to the CLI tool 🥦 taze, which also works for monorepos.

 
# list packages respecting semver
npx taze
# include major versions
npx taze major
# write to package.json
npx taze -w

The Visual Studio Code users among us can install the NPM extension to get a nice sidebar with the package information (and quick actions to update them). Just take a little glance at the sidebar to see if there are any updates available.

 
code --install-extension idered.npm --force
code-insiders --install-extension idered.npm --force

Feel free to update this developer bit on GitHub, thanks in advance!