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by isodev 122 days ago
I don’t get it. What does it do? How can I trust it over simply visiting https://www.npmjs.com/ (which is perfectly fine to browse)?

Edit: it wants me to connect to the “atmosphere” - is this the Bluesky App Store thing? I really don’t see how linking my socials to npm search makes sense.

2 comments

There is no "Bluesky App Store" thing. The Atmosphere integration is an optional feature that adds a social layer on top of the registry, using the AT Protocol.
The word “browser” in the title also tripped me to think about an actual browser
But it is a browser -- just not a web browser
directory perhaps less confusing.
“NPM registry directory” sounds terribly confusing in my opinion, reads like a grammatical mishap
then maybe "npm registry search"?