How to fix npm WARN fund 12 packages are looking for funding in npm

The 'packages are looking for funding' message is not an error or warning—your packages installed successfully. This is npm's polite reminder about available funding opportunities. Your build will complete normally and is unaffected.

If you only want to hide the message temporarily for one command, use the --no-fund flag:

npm install --no-fund
npm update --no-fund

This works with any npm command that would normally show funding messages.

For a single project, create or edit .npmrc in your project root and add:

fund=false

This applies only to the current project and will suppress funding messages for all npm commands in that directory.

To suppress funding messages across all projects on your machine, set the global npm configuration:

npm config set fund false --global

This adds fund=false to your ~/.npmrc file and affects all npm commands globally.

In CI/CD pipelines or containerized environments, set an environment variable instead:

export NPM_CONFIG_FUND=false

Then run your npm commands normally. This approach is useful for Docker containers and GitHub Actions workflows.

If you want to learn about which packages are seeking funding, run:

npm fund

This shows all dependencies looking for funding in a tree structure with URLs. You can also check a specific package with:

npm fund [package-name]