Popularity

1.5

Stable

Activity

3.3

Stars 69

Watchers 5

Forks 5

Last Commit 15 days ago

Monthly Downloads: 0

Programming language: JavaScript

License: MIT License

Tags: Miscellaneous Stack Module Path Trace Function File Package Callsites Callsite Stacktrace Pkg Parent Calling Caller

Latest version: v2.0.0

parent-module alternatives and similar modules

Based on the "Miscellaneous" category.
Alternatively, view parent-module alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.

Electron

10.0 9.9 L2 parent-module VS Electron

:electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
Faker.js

9.7 8.5 parent-module VS Faker.js

generate massive amounts of realistic fake data in Node.js and the browser

Syncfusion - See why our products are consistently getting 4.6 out of 5 stars by your peers.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for JavaScript is a modern UI control library built from the ground up to be lightweight, responsive, modular, and touch-friendly.

Promo syncfusion.com

husky

9.5 8.7 parent-module VS husky

Modern native Git hooks made easy 🐶 woof!
cheerio

9.5 9.6 L4 parent-module VS cheerio

Fast, flexible, and lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.
jsdom

9.2 8.0 parent-module VS jsdom

A JavaScript implementation of various web standards, for use with Node.js
dotenv

9.0 7.2 L5 parent-module VS dotenv

Loads environment variables from .env for nodejs projects.
v86

8.8 9.4 L1 parent-module VS v86

x86 virtualization in your browser, recompiling x86 to wasm on the fly
agenda

8.3 8.6 L4 parent-module VS agenda

Lightweight job scheduling for Node.js
hypernova

7.8 0.0 L5 parent-module VS hypernova

A service for server-side rendering your JavaScript views
nodegit

7.7 7.0 L4 parent-module VS nodegit

Native Node bindings to Git.
opencv

7.7 0.0 L1 parent-module VS opencv

OpenCV Bindings for node.js
patch-package

7.6 6.3 parent-module VS patch-package

Fix broken node modules instantly 🏃🏽‍♀️💨
ssh2

7.6 8.1 L4 parent-module VS ssh2

SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript for node.js
semver

7.2 3.1 L2 parent-module VS semver

The semver parser for node (the one npm uses)
execa

7.0 5.0 L4 parent-module VS execa

Process execution for humans
nan

7.0 4.5 L3 parent-module VS nan

Native Abstractions for Node.js
editly

6.7 5.7 parent-module VS editly

Slick, declarative command line video editing & API
ow

6.7 6.4 parent-module VS ow

Function argument validation for humans
simplecrawler

6.6 1.3 L5 parent-module VS simplecrawler

Flexible event driven crawler for node.
opn

6.4 7.2 parent-module VS opn

Open stuff like URLs, files, executables. Cross-platform.
file-type

6.4 7.1 L2 parent-module VS file-type

Detect the file type of a Buffer/Uint8Array/ArrayBuffer
webworker-threads

6.3 2.2 L1 parent-module VS webworker-threads

Lightweight Web Worker API implementation with native threads
multiline

5.8 0.0 L5 parent-module VS multiline

Multiline strings in JavaScript.
banshee

5.7 0.0 parent-module VS banshee

Real-time anomalies detection for periodic time series.
node-pre-gyp

5.7 8.3 L5 parent-module VS node-pre-gyp

Node.js tool for easy binary deployment of C++ addons
clipboardy

5.4 1.1 parent-module VS clipboardy

Access the system clipboard (copy/paste)
emittery

5.3 5.3 parent-module VS emittery

Simple and modern async event emitter
Bottleneck

5.3 0.0 L4 parent-module VS Bottleneck

Job scheduler and rate limiter, supports Clustering
@sindresorhus/is

5.3 4.5 parent-module VS @sindresorhus/is

Type check values
mem

5.0 5.0 L5 parent-module VS mem

Memoize functions - an optimization technique used to speed up consecutive function calls by caching the result of calls with identical input
hasha

4.9 0.4 parent-module VS hasha

Hashing made simple. Get the hash of a buffer/string/stream/file.
dot-prop

4.6 2.8 L5 parent-module VS dot-prop

Get, set, or delete a property from a nested object using a dot path
node-bell

4.5 0.0 L5 parent-module VS node-bell

Real-time anomalies detection for periodic time series.
basic-ftp

4.3 5.1 parent-module VS basic-ftp

FTP client for Node.js, supports FTPS over TLS, passive mode over IPv6, async/await, and Typescript.
schemapack

4.0 0.0 L3 parent-module VS schemapack

Create a schema object to encode/decode your JSON in to a compact byte buffer with no overhead.
nar

3.9 0.0 parent-module VS nar

node.js application archive - create self-contained binary like executable applications that are ready to ship and run
common-errors

3.6 0.0 L5 parent-module VS common-errors

Common error classes and utility functions
stringify-object

3.4 2.5 L3 parent-module VS stringify-object

Stringify an object/array like JSON.stringify just without all the double-quotes
cashify

3.4 3.8 parent-module VS cashify

💸 Lightweight currency conversion library, successor of money.js
deep-assign

3.4 0.0 L5 parent-module VS deep-assign

Recursive Object.assign().
node-video-lib

3.2 2.8 parent-module VS node-video-lib

Node.js Video Library / MP4 & FLV parser / MP4 builder / HLS muxer
import-fresh

3.0 1.3 parent-module VS import-fresh

Import a module while bypassing the cache
os-locale

3.0 4.3 L5 parent-module VS os-locale

Get the system locale
require-uncached

3.0 1.3 parent-module VS require-uncached

Import a module while bypassing the cache
lazy-req

2.9 0.4 parent-module VS lazy-req

Import a module lazily
import-lazy

2.9 0.4 parent-module VS import-lazy

Import a module lazily
onetime

2.3 2.6 parent-module VS onetime

Ensure a function is only called once
resolve-from

2.2 0.4 parent-module VS resolve-from

Resolve the path of a module like require.resolve() but from a given path
strip-bom

2.1 1.6 parent-module VS strip-bom

Strip UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from a string
remote-git-tags

1.4 2.2 parent-module VS remote-git-tags

Get tags from a remote git repo. Using only JS. No git binary required.

* Code Quality Rankings and insights are calculated and provided by Lumnify.
They vary from L1 to L5 with "L5" being the highest.

Do you think we are missing an alternative of parent-module or a related project?

Add another 'Miscellaneous' Module

Popular Comparisons

README

parent-module

Get the path of the parent module

Node.js exposes module.parent, but it only gives you the first cached parent, which is not necessarily the actual parent.

Install

$ npm install parent-module

Usage

// bar.js
const parentModule = require('parent-module');

module.exports = () => {
    console.log(parentModule());
    //=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
};

// foo.js
const bar = require('./bar');

bar();

API

parentModule(filePath?)

By default, it will return the path of the immediate parent.

filePath

Type: string\ Default: __filename

File path of the module of which to get the parent path.

Useful if you want it to work [multiple module levels down](fixtures/filepath).

Tip

Combine it with read-pkg-up to read the package.json of the parent module.

const path = require('path');
const readPkgUp = require('read-pkg-up');
const parentModule = require('parent-module');

console.log(readPkgUp.sync({cwd: path.dirname(parentModule())}).pkg);
//=> {name: 'chalk', version: '1.0.0', …}

Get professional support for this package with a Tidelift subscription Tidelift helps make open source sustainable for maintainers while giving companiesassurances about security, maintenance, and licensing for their dependencies.