Investing in the open source community has been part of our DNA since the earliest days of Netlify. Today, we’re proud to be a sponsor of npmx, a fast, modern browser for the npm registry.
Daniel Roe and Matias Capeletto have assembled a team of open source all-stars to massively improve the discovery and management of JavaScript and TypeScript packages. This is not a venture-backed startup with a product to sell. It is a true open source community effort to make building software better for all of us.
Philippe Serhal from Netlify has also joined the team as a core contributor.
We’re at an interesting moment in time. AI code generation is starting to look like a threat to traditional open source business models, as programs are getting easier to copy and rebuild from scratch. At the same time, the open source ecosystem of libraries and tools is becoming directly relevant to more and more people, as coding agents help millions of builders become software developers.
Right now, it’s more important than ever that core infrastructure companies in our space come together across competitive boundaries to sponsor and support the open ecosystem that lifts all boats.
The team behind npmx has bold plans, and we’re excited to help make them a reality.
Read the npmx alpha announcement to find out more.
Read more from the community
- How to Make Your First Open Source Contribution — whitep4nth3r.com — Getting involved in open source doesn’t have to be scary! Understand how to find a great project and make your first contribution in this guide from Salma.
- A Virtuous Circle — danielroe.dev — There’s a reason why building npmx has been such a blast so far, and it’s one of the most powerful patterns in open source software development. It’s also why ‘the 10x developer’ is an incredibly dangerous myth.
- npmx: converging communities — The story of the many people and communities that converged to build npmx together.
- vue-data-ui is on npmx npmx is on vue-data-ui — graphieros.com — Graphieros explores a minimal npm-based workflow and why it exists.
- The month. npmx — alexdln.com — Alex reflects on the project, warm stories, wonderful people, and a look into the future.
- Collaborating with npmx — How the e18e community is collaborating closely with npmx to make best practices more visible and accessible to everyone in the ecosystem.
- Finding an accessibility-first culture in npmx — Abbey Perini talks about how accessibility is a deep part of the npmx culture.
- npmx: With a Little Help From My Friends — johnnyreilly.com — How to contribute to npmx.dev, and thoughts on Johnny’s experience with the project.
- npmx: A Lesson in Open Source’s Collaboration Feedback Loops — opensourcepledge.com — npmx’s success is reminding us why Open Source is such a special social phenomenon.
- Rising community at tomorrow’s horizon — trueberryless.org — Telling the story of a newly founded community.
- OSS made me a better developer — How getting involved in npmx made me a better developer.
- Open source needs community. Community needs open source. — zurichjs.com — Why ZurichJS cares about getting people into open source.
- From a Bluesky post to my favorite open source community — sybers.fr — The best open source projects aren’t just about great code. They’re about the people behind them.
- Storybook 💙 npmx — storybook.js.org — We’re huge fans of what the npmx community is building. Today’s alpha is just the starting line, and we’re proud to be running alongside them.
- Open source, what’s in it for me? — jensroemer.com — Reflections on learning, community, and change.
- npmx goes social with atproto — Announcing npmx speakers, and congratulations on launch day!
- VoidZero and npmx: Building Better Tools Together — voidzero.dev — How VoidZero and npmx.dev share a vision for making JavaScript developers more productive, and how real-world feedback from open-source builders helps improve our tooling.
- The npmjs.com that developers deserve - What is npmx? (video) — An introductory video showcasing Alex’s favorite features of npmx and the open-source idea behind it.
- Community, Open Source, and npmx — farisaziz12.bsky.social — npmx isn’t just an npm browser, it’s a fast-moving open source train that welcomes you aboard the moment you show up.
- Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: My First Open Source Contribution — paulie.codes — The most important part of open source is the people, and everyone has something valuable to bring to the table.
- From a Newsletter Link to My First Open Source Contribution — How discovering npmx through a newsletter led to a first meaningful open source contribution and a new perspective on community-driven development.
- npmx Is Open-Source Done Right — How the ethos and practices of npmx represent a healthy open-source ecosystem that should be the standard, not an exception.
- Joy of open source — childish fun of making things together.
