[iamkonstantin]

The word “browser” in the title also tripped me to think about an actual browser

[phildenhoff]

But it is a browser -- just not a web browser

[swyx]

directory perhaps less confusing.

[vinnymac]

“NPM registry directory” sounds terribly confusing in my opinion, reads like a grammatical mishap

[efilife]

then maybe "npm registry search"?