FixMyNPM, CLI to fix your insecure npm config
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With recent issues with npm configuration issues it's essential that we have a tool like this to fix basic issues
HN · launched May 13, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 40%) · 0 views
Niche: developer command-line tools · 226 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -67% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Security
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a simple command-line script that parses the user's `.npmrc` file and applies recommended security configuration flags.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 106 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #40 of 107 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 171 days after the earliest competitor.
- iamsecure · ph · 2026-10-26 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Safe-NPM · hn · 2025-11-23 · 90 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- DepsGuard · hn · 2026-06-01 · 40 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- npm Package Inspector · ph · 2026-09-21 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- CapLock · ph · 2026-09-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- enshrouded-tool-fix · github · 2026-10-24 · 58 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- pc-fixer.github.io · github · 2026-09-28 · 46 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Safe-install · hn · 2026-05-12 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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