# bower
**Repository Path**: dthousands/bower
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: bower
- **Description**: A package manager for the web
- **Primary Language**: JavaScript
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-08-12
- **Last Updated**: 2021-08-12
## Categories & Tags
**Categories**: Uncategorized
**Tags**: None
## README
# Bower
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> A package manager for the web
Bower offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem of **front-end package management**, while exposing the package dependency model via an API that can be consumed by a more opinionated build stack. There are no system wide dependencies, no dependencies are shared between different apps, and the dependency tree is flat.
Bower runs over Git, and is package-agnostic. A packaged component can be made up of any type of asset, and use any type of transport (e.g., AMD, CommonJS, etc.).
**View complete docs on [bower.io](http://bower.io)**
[View all packages available through Bower's registry](http://bower.io/search/).
## Install
```sh
$ npm install -g bower
```
Bower depends on [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and [npm](http://npmjs.org/). Also make sure that [git](http://git-scm.com/) is installed as some bower
packages require it to be fetched and installed.
## Usage
See complete command line reference at [bower.io/docs/api/](http://bower.io/docs/api/)
### Installing packages and dependencies
```sh
# install dependencies listed in bower.json
$ bower install
# install a package and add it to bower.json
$ bower install --save
# install specific version of a package and add it to bower.json
$ bower install # --save
```
### Using packages
We discourage using bower components statically for performance and security reasons (if component has an `upload.php` file that is not ignored, that can be easily exploited to do malicious stuff).
The best approach is to process components installed by bower with build tool (like [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) or [gulp](http://gulpjs.com/)), and serve them concatenated or using module loader (like [RequireJS](http://requirejs.org/)).
### Uninstalling packages
To uninstall a locally installed package:
```sh
$ bower uninstall
```
### prezto and oh-my-zsh users
On `prezto` or `oh-my-zsh`, do not forget to `alias bower='noglob bower'` or `bower install jquery\#1.9.1`
### Running commands with sudo
Bower is a user command, there is no need to execute it with superuser permissions.
However, if you still want to run commands with sudo, use `--allow-root` option.
### Windows users
To use Bower on Windows, you must install
[msysgit](http://msysgit.github.io/) correctly. Be sure to check the
option shown below:
Note that if you use TortoiseGit and if Bower keeps asking for your SSH
password, you should add the following environment variable: `GIT_SSH -
C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePlink.exe`. Adjust the `TortoisePlink`
path if needed.
## Configuration
Bower can be configured using JSON in a `.bowerrc` file. Read over available options at [bower.io/docs/config](http://bower.io/docs/config).
## Completion (experimental)
_NOTE_: Completion is still not implemented for the 1.0.0 release
Bower now has an experimental `completion` command that is based on, and works
similarly to the [npm completion](https://npmjs.org/doc/cli/completion.html). It is
not available for Windows users.
This command will output a Bash / ZSH script to put into your `~/.bashrc`,
`~/.bash_profile`, or `~/.zshrc` file.
```sh
$ bower completion >> ~/.bash_profile
```
## Support
* [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/bower)
* [Mailinglist](http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-bower) - twitter-bower@googlegroups.com
* [\#bower](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=bower) on Freenode
## Contributing
We welcome contributions of all kinds from anyone. Please take a moment to
review the [guidelines for contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md).
* [Bug reports](CONTRIBUTING.md#bugs)
* [Feature requests](CONTRIBUTING.md#features)
* [Pull requests](CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests)
Note that on Windows for tests to pass you need to configure Git before cloning:
```
git config --global core.autocrlf input
```
## Bower Team
Bower is made by lots of people across the globe, contributions large and small. Our thanks to everyone who has played a part.
### Core team
* [@satazor](https://github.com/satazor)
* [@wibblymat](https://github.com/wibblymat)
* [@paulirish](https://github.com/paulirish)
* [@benschwarz](https://github.com/benschwarz)
* [@svnlto](https://github.com/svnlto)
* [@sheerun](https://github.com/sheerun)
### Bower Alumni
* [@fat](https://github.com/fat)
* [@maccman](https://github.com/maccman)
## License
Copyright (c) 2015 Twitter and other contributors
Licensed under the MIT License