# Best Practices for Creating a Modern npm Package with Security in Mind

DevFeed: [Best Practices for Creating a Modern npm Package with Security in Mind](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/best-practices-for-creating-a-modern-npm-package-with-security-in-mind-7843.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/best-practices-create-modern-npm-package/>)

Author: Brian Clark

Published: 2025-02-04T05:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>)

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## AI overview

A step-by-step tutorial on creating a modern npm package, publishing it to the npm registry, and improving it for production with testing, CI/CD, security checks, and automated semantic version management.

## Source excerpt

In this tutorial, we're going to walk step by step through creating an npm package using modern best practices (as of 2022).