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---
id: what-is-verdaccio
title: "What is Verdaccio?"
---
Verdaccio is a **lightweight private npm proxy registry** built in **Node.js**
## What's a registry
* A repository for packages that implements the **CommonJS Compliant Package Registry specification** for reading package info
* Provide an API compatible with npm clients **(yarn/npm/pnpm)**
* Follow the semantic Versioning compatible **(semver)**
```
$> verdaccio
```
![registry](/svg/verdaccio_server.gif)
## Using Verdaccio
Using verdaccio with any node package manager client is quite straightforward.
![registry](/svg/npm_install.gif)
You can use a custom registry either setting globally for all your projects
```
npm set registry http://localhost:4873
```
or by command line as argument `--registry` in npm (slightly different in yarn)
```
npm install lodash --registry http://localhost:4873
```
## Private
All packages that you publish are private and only accessible based in your configuration.
## Proxy
Verdaccio cache all dependencies by demand and speed up installations in local or private networks.
## Verdaccio in a nutshell
* It's a web app based on Node.js
* It's a private npm registry
* It's a local network proxy
* It's a Pluggable application
* It's a fairly easy install and use
* We offer Docker and Kubernetes support
* It is 100% compatible with yarn, npm and pnpm
* It was **forked** based on `sinopia@1.4.0` and 100% **backward compatible**.
* Verdaccio means **A green color popular in late medieval Italy for fresco painting**.