NPM

Node Package Manager

Config

CLI

Using package

Registry

Github

Public

npm i https://github.com/user_name/node_project_name

"package-name": "https://github.com/<user>/<repo>.git"

Private

Https and oauth

You will need to have or create an access token with permissions to access the repository. see: [Github - Managing deploy keys][link text itself]

"package-name": "git+https://<github_token>:x-oauth-basic@github.com/<user>/<repo>.git"

Ssh

You will need to create an ssh key. see:

npm install git+ssh://git@github.com:user_name/node_project.git

"package-name": "git+ssh://git@github.com:<user>/<repo>.git"

References