.TH "NPM\-START" "1" "January 2021" "" "" .SH "NAME" \fBnpm-start\fR \- Start a package .SS Synopsis .P .RS 2 .nf npm start [\-\- ] .fi .RE .SS Description .P This runs an arbitrary command specified in the package's \fB"start"\fP property of its \fB"scripts"\fP object\. If no \fB"start"\fP property is specified on the \fB"scripts"\fP object, it will run \fBnode server\.js\fP\|\. .P As of \fBnpm@2\.0\.0\fP \fIhttps://blog\.npmjs\.org/post/98131109725/npm\-2\-0\-0\fR, you can use custom arguments when executing scripts\. Refer to npm help \fBrun\-script\fP for more details\. .SS See Also .RS 0 .IP \(bu 2 npm help run\-script .IP \(bu 2 npm help scripts .IP \(bu 2 npm help test .IP \(bu 2 npm help restart .IP \(bu 2 npm help stop .RE