There are plenty alternatives to Open-Registry, probably the most
famous is the npm registry
by the company npm inc
.
Most differences in the listed alternatives is about performance and governance.
For performance differences between the different registries, please look at the benchmark results from https://github.com/open-services/public-registry-benchmarks
Name | Governance | Geographic Location |
---|---|---|
Open-Registry | Community Owned | EU |
npm Registry | For-profit Company | US |
node-modules.io Registry | Individual | US |
cnpmjs.org Registry | Unclear | China? |
js-ipfs Registry | For-profit Company | US |
In general, it's easy to switch to any alternatives on this list. Simply
run npm config set registry $registry-url
in your terminal, replacing $registry-url
with the URL to the registry.