How to Disable the “Packages Are Looking for Funding” Message in NPM

Disabling the Message Globally

If you frequently encounter the “packages are looking for funding” message while using NPM (Node Package Manager) and want to disable it entirely, you can do so globally by running the following command in your terminal:

npm config set fund false

Disabling the Message for a Specific Project

To suppress the funding messages for a particular project only, you can configure this setting within that project’s .npmrc file:

1. Navigate to the root directory of your project.
2. Create or modify the existing .npmrc file.
3. Add the following line to the file:

fund=false

Temporarily Disabling the Message

If you prefer to temporarily disable funding messages while running specific commands without changing your configuration, use the --no-fund option. For example:

npm install --no-fund

This option works with several other NPM commands, including npm update. It does not alter any permanent configuration settings.

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