--- title: How Is This NPM Frontend So Fast? 🔥 | daily.dev description: npmx is a fast, community-built frontend for the npm registry that addresses the sluggishness and lack of features on npmjs.com. It offers instant search via... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-is-this-npm-frontend-so-fast--nkykyfjlm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Is This NPM Frontend So Fast? 🔥 | daily.dev og:description: npmx is a fast, community-built frontend for the npm registry that addresses the sluggishness and lack of features on npmjs.com. 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