Module installation by URL

[dasilvaoscar]

Propose

I think this is a very complex feature to implement, but installing modules via URL, like in Golang, is a useful and powerful tool.
Maybe it could be an alternative to NPM in the future.

I'm only bringing up this idea because I've never heard about this topic in Node.js community discussions.

What do you think? Is it a good idea?

[AugustinMauroy]

Take a look to theses ressources to understand network packaging
https://deno.com/blog/your-new-js-package-manager
https://deno.com/blog/http-imports
https://deno.com/blog/jsr_open_beta
https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/module.html#import-from-https

[ljharb]

You can already npm install by URL, fwiw, but it's best to only consume modules previously installed from an immutable registry that supports semver, for many reasons.