Because they wanted to and Claude didn't tell them not to. Why even ask questions like this at this point.

https://github.com/npmx-dev/npmx.dev has a comparison

I almost never use npmjs.com.

When I do it’s just to click on the repo link.

npmjs search is very slow

It is really annoying if you have a package that is relatively new to the platform, and you type in the exact package name, that package is not reliably the first result.

Minor edge case, but infuriating if you want to check your own packages quickly (without needing to navigate menu > packages > YOUR_PACKAGE).

Still agree with you though, who is npmx actually for?

It sparks more joy than the old one and buddy, that's for frelling enough damn it. Whinge out!

Awful comment. Your comment is bad and should be ashamed.

Use it and disagree! Tell me it in fact does not spark more joy! This just seems pretty clear, ya'll.

It's just generally vastly nicer. I love that file exploration of packages doesn't feel like a last afterthought before leaving the solar system forever.

Cynically, if you can attract a representative sample, you could aggregate and sell analytics data.

Another could be to have an "alternatives" section based on semantic similarity and / or some other features that have signal.