I have a npm package that i want to update. I can update my package.json, but I don't want to break something. Is there a way to list all of the installed packages that depend on it?
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You can use https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-dependents to find dependents that are not installed.
Update: I see the package is broken, but it still may be a good starting point where the author points out a place where it may be breaking: https://github.com/davidmarkclements/npm-dependents/issues/5#issuecomment-451926479
In the meantime, you may want to just use the "Dependents" tab on the individual npm project pages.
You may also find npm explain <package-name> useful as it explains why that package is installed, what depends on it, etc.
e.g. to understand why we have node-sass installed...
$ npm explain node-sass
node-sass@4.14.1 dev
node_modules/node-sass
node-sass@"^4.8.3" from gulp-sass@4.1.1
node_modules/gulp-sass
dev gulp-sass@"^4.1.1" from the root project
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