package-directory

Find the root directory of a Node.js project or npm package

Install

npm install package-directory

Usage

/
└── Users
    └── sindresorhus
        └── foo
            ├── package.json
            └── bar
                ├── baz
                └── example.js

// example.js
import {packageDirectory} from 'package-directory';

console.log(await packageDirectory());
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/foo'

API

packageDirectory(option?)

Returns a Promise for either the project root path or undefined if it could not be found.

packageDirectorySync(options?)

Returns the project root path or undefined if it could not be found.

options

Type: object

cwd

Type: string
Default: process.cwd()

The directory to start searching from.

ignoreTypeOnlyPackageJson

Type: boolean
Default: false

Ignore package.json files that only contain the type field.

This treats {"type":"module"} files as ESM scope markers instead of package roots.

Related

• package-directory-cli - CLI for this package
• package-up - Find the closest package.json file
• find-up - Find a file by walking up parent directories