How can I find out the current version of a particular plugin in the official repository?

Question

JavaScript

Hello!
What command in the console allows you to find out the current version of npm or bower plugin in the official repository?
To check what version is currently in the system and what is the latest one without visiting their website?
And in general, is there a convenient interface (command) for obtaining information about the version history of a particular plugin, by analogy with git hist?

Answer 1

Here's how to find out what version is local
To find out the version in the repository:
npm info module version
e.g.
npm info gulp version
npm outdated