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Pros of Hound
Pros of npm
  • 4
    Comments on style so I don't have to
  • 3
    Easy configuration
  • 3
    Fast
  • 2
    Free for OSS
  • 2
    Inline comments
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    Best package management system for javascript
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    Open-source
  • 327
    Great community
  • 148
    More packages than rubygems, pypi, or packagist
  • 112
    Nice people matter
  • 6
    As fast as yarn but really free of facebook
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    Audit feature
  • 4
    Good following
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    Super fast
  • 1
    Stability

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Cons of Hound
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    • 5
      Problems with lockfiles
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      Bad at package versioning and being deterministic
    • 3
      Node-gyp takes forever
    • 1
      Super slow

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    What is Hound?

    Automated code review for GitHub pull requests. It comments on code quality and style issues, allowing you and your team to better review and maintain a clean codebase.

    What is npm?

    npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. It is battle-tested, surprisingly flexible, and used by hundreds of thousands of JavaScript developers every day.

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