---
title: npm-adduser
section: 1
description: Add a registry user account
---

### Synopsis

```bash
npm adduser [--registry=url] [--scope=@orgname] [--auth-type=legacy]

aliases: login, add-user
```

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

### Description

Create or verify a user named `<username>` in the specified registry, and
save the credentials to the `.npmrc` file. If no registry is specified,
the default registry will be used (see [`config`](/using-npm/config)).

The username, password, and email are read in from prompts.

To reset your password, go to <https://www.npmjs.com/forgot>

To change your email address, go to <https://www.npmjs.com/email-edit>

You may use this command multiple times with the same user account to
authorize on a new machine.  When authenticating on a new machine,
the username, password and email address must all match with
your existing record.

`npm login` is an alias to `adduser` and behaves exactly the same way.

### Configuration

#### registry

Default: https://registry.npmjs.org/

The base URL of the npm package registry. If `scope` is also specified,
this registry will only be used for packages with that scope. `scope` defaults
to the scope of the project directory you're currently in, if any. See [`scope`](/using-npm/scope).

#### scope

Default: none

If specified, the user and login credentials given will be associated
with the specified scope. See [`scope`](/using-npm/scope). You can use both at the same time,
e.g.

```bash
npm adduser --registry=http://myregistry.example.com --scope=@myco
```

This will set a registry for the given scope and login or create a user for
that registry at the same time.

#### auth-type

* Default: `'legacy'`
* Type: `'legacy'`, `'sso'`, `'saml'`, `'oauth'`

What authentication strategy to use with `adduser`/`login`. Some npm registries
(for example, npmE) might support alternative auth strategies besides classic
username/password entry in legacy npm.

### See Also

* [npm registry](/using-npm/registry)
* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
* [npm owner](/commands/npm-owner)
* [npm whoami](/commands/npm-whoami)