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.TH "NPM-START" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@10.9.8" "" .SH "NAME" \fBnpm-start\fR - Start a package .SS "Synopsis" .P .RS 2 .nf npm start \[lB]-- \[rB] .fi .RE .SS "Description" .P This runs a predefined command specified in the \fB"start"\fR property of a package's \fB"scripts"\fR object. .P If the \fB"scripts"\fR object does not define a \fB"start"\fR property, npm will run \fBnode server.js\fR. .P Note that this is different from the default node behavior of running the file specified in a package's \fB"main"\fR attribute when evoking with \fBnode .\fR .P As of \fB\fBnpm@2.0.0\fR\fR \fI\(lahttps://blog.npmjs.org/post/98131109725/npm-2-0-0\(ra\fR, you can use custom arguments when executing scripts. Refer to npm help run-script for more details. .SS "Example" .P .RS 2 .nf { "scripts": { "start": "node foo.js" } } .fi .RE .P .RS 2 .nf npm start > npm@x.x.x start > node foo.js (foo.js output would be here) .fi .RE .SS "Configuration" .SS "\fBignore-scripts\fR" .RS 0 .IP \(bu 4 Default: false .IP \(bu 4 Type: Boolean .RE 0 .P If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files. .P Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as \fBnpm start\fR, \fBnpm stop\fR, \fBnpm restart\fR, \fBnpm test\fR, and \fBnpm run-script\fR will still run their intended script if \fBignore-scripts\fR is set, but they will \fInot\fR run any pre- or post-scripts. .SS "\fBscript-shell\fR" .RS 0 .IP \(bu 4 Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows .IP \(bu 4 Type: null or String .RE 0 .P The shell to use for scripts run with the \fBnpm exec\fR, \fBnpm run\fR and \fBnpm init \fR commands. .SS "See Also" .RS 0 .IP \(bu 4 npm help run-script .IP \(bu 4 npm help scripts .IP \(bu 4 npm help test .IP \(bu 4 npm help restart .IP \(bu 4 npm help stop .RE 0