---
section: cli-commands 
title: npm-ls
description: List installed packages
---

# npm-ls(1)

## List installed packages

### Synopsis

```bash
npm ls [[<@scope>/]<pkg> ...]

aliases: list, la, ll
```

### Description

This command will print to stdout all the versions of packages that are
installed, as well as their dependencies, in a tree-structure.

Positional arguments are `name@version-range` identifiers, which will
limit the results to only the paths to the packages named.  Note that
nested packages will *also* show the paths to the specified packages.
For example, running `npm ls promzard` in npm's source tree will show:

```bash
    npm@@VERSION@ /path/to/npm
    └─┬ init-package-json@0.0.4
      └── promzard@0.1.5
```

It will print out extraneous, missing, and invalid packages.

If a project specifies git urls for dependencies these are shown
in parentheses after the name@version to make it easier for users to
recognize potential forks of a project.

The tree shown is the logical dependency tree, based on package
dependencies, not the physical layout of your node_modules folder.

When run as `ll` or `la`, it shows extended information by default.

### Configuration

#### json

* Default: false
* Type: Boolean

Show information in JSON format.

#### long

* Default: false
* Type: Boolean

Show extended information.

#### parseable

* Default: false
* Type: Boolean

Show parseable output instead of tree view.

#### global

* Default: false
* Type: Boolean

List packages in the global install prefix instead of in the current
project.

#### depth

* Type: Int

Max display depth of the dependency tree.

#### prod / production

* Type: Boolean
* Default: false

Display only the dependency tree for packages in `dependencies`.

#### dev / development

* Type: Boolean
* Default: false

Display only the dependency tree for packages in `devDependencies`.

#### only

* Type: String

When "dev" or "development", is an alias to `dev`.

When "prod" or "production", is an alias to `production`.

#### link

* Type: Boolean
* Default: false

Display only dependencies which are linked

#### unicode

* Type: Boolean
* Default: true

Whether to represent the tree structure using unicode characters.
Set it to false in order to use all-ansi output.

### See Also

* [npm config](/cli-commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
* [npm install](/cli-commands/npm-install)
* [npm link](/cli-commands/npm-link)
* [npm prune](/cli-commands/npm-prune)
* [npm outdated](/cli-commands/npm-outdated)
* [npm update](/cli-commands/npm-update)