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npm-whoami(1)

npm-whoami - Display npm username

NPM-WHOAMI(1) NPM-WHOAMI(1)

npm-whoami - Display npm username

npm whoami

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Display the npm username of the currently logged-in user.

If logged into a registry that provides token-based authentication, then connect to the /-/whoami registry endpoint to find the username associated with the token, and print to standard output.

If logged into a registry that uses Basic Auth, then simply print the username portion of the authentication string.

registry

  • Default: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
  • Type: URL

The base URL of the npm registry.

  • npm help config
  • npm help npmrc
  • npm help adduser
October 2026 NPM@11.21.1

npm-11 11.21.1-r1 · enterprise-packages · ingested 2026-10-31