npm Package Research: Packages with Install Scripts

This repo's goal is to provide data to support RFC 488. Data to determine how packages on the npm registry use install scripts was collected on or before November 18, 2021.

Install scripts are defined on the npm lifecycle page:

• preinstall
• install
• postinstall
• prepublish
• preprepare
• prepare
• postprepare
• The implicit gyp install script, when a binding.gyp file is present.

Files

• database.db: A SQLite3 database containing data about every npm package that has at least one install script.

• ./SQL/schemas.sql: The CREATE table commands for the two database tables in database.db.

• ./SQL/totals.sql: Useful commands for counting the number of packages using specific install scripts.

• ./SQL/join.sql: Useful command for sorting the most popular packages to use install scripts.