--- title: Will Deno Kill NPM? | daily.dev description: NPM is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment, NodeJs. Ryan Dahl, the original creator of Node.js, introduced Deno at the JSConf EU... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/will-deno-kill-npm--rszyf6ury twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Will Deno Kill NPM? | daily.dev og:description: NPM is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment, NodeJs. Ryan Dahl, the original creator of Node.js, introduced Deno at the JSConf EU... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/will-deno-kill-npm--rszyf6ury og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Rszyf6ury.png og:image:alt: Will Deno Kill NPM? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Will Deno Kill NPM? **[Bits and Pieces](https://daily.dev/sources/bit)** · 5 min read · 15 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary NPM is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment, NodeJs. Ryan Dahl, the original creator of Node.js, introduced Deno at the JSConf EU 2018. Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tamusjroyce** · 4 upvotes > When deno has a node to deno transpiler, much like angular upgrade tool, I see the npm ecosystem migrating back to the package sources. Specifically github that has a lot more checks and security then npm **@berkmann18** · 3 upvotes > Finally something different from the popular posts on the same question. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#deno](https://daily.dev/tags/deno) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/will-deno-kill-npm--rszyf6ury) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Will Deno Kill NPM?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/will-deno-kill-npm--rszyf6ury","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/will-deno-kill-npm--rszyf6ury"},"datePublished":"2020-09-16T01:06:18.517Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"NPM is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment, NodeJs. 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