Can npm on the server be used on a per-project basis?

Question

Node.js

Started learning NODEJS and wondered. On Win in PHPStorm, for example, node_modules is created in each project and stored only there. Having installed NODEJS and npm on the Ubuntu server, I understand that now everything that is installed through npm will be in the same system folder, where was npm installed? Or are there options, like in a storm, to assign modules clearly to one project, for example, in /usr/share/nginx and not make a mess of modules if there are several applications on the same server?

Answer 1

Don't install globally and as root and you'll be fine