1--- 2section: cli-commands 3title: npm-start 4description: Start a package 5--- 6 7# npm-start(1) 8 9## Start a package 10 11### Synopsis 12 13```bash 14npm start [-- <args>] 15``` 16 17### Description 18 19This runs an arbitrary command specified in the package's `"start"` property of 20its `"scripts"` object. If no `"start"` property is specified on the 21`"scripts"` object, it will run `node server.js`. 22 23As of [`npm@2.0.0`](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/98131109725/npm-2-0-0), you can 24use custom arguments when executing scripts. Refer to [`npm run-script`](/cli-commands/npm-run-script) for more details. 25 26### See Also 27 28* [npm run-script](/cli-commands/npm-run-script) 29* [npm scripts](/using-npm/scripts) 30* [npm test](/cli-commands/npm-test) 31* [npm restart](/cli-commands/npm-restart) 32* [npm stop](/cli-commands/npm-stop) 33