# npm: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/npm

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Artifact and container registries](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries/index.md) | 0% | 72 | 100% | 1 |
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 69 | 0% | 1 |

## And against it

- "npm/PyPI public packages | Use with caution – verify publisher, scan dependencies" (MiniMax M2.5, Artifact registries)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named npm, from 9 of the 9 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- harness.io: 4
- trendaisecurity.com: 4
- docs.docker.com: 3
- github.blog: 3
- learn.microsoft.com: 3
- paloaltonetworks.com: 3
- architecture.portainer.io: 2
- bleepingcomputer.com: 2
- blog.railway.com: 2
- cloudsecurityalliance.org: 2

### Pages cited

- https://architecture.portainer.io/ch5: 2
- https://blog.railway.com/p/best-container-registries-2026: 2
- https://crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/cloud-security/image-container-exploitation: 2
- https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/publications/sp/800-190/draft/documents/sp800-190-draft.pdf: 2
- https://github.blog/security/vulnerability-research/attacks-on-maven-proxy-repositories: 2
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-8-container-registries-2026: 2
- https://harness.io/harness-devops-academy/what-is-artifact-registry: 2
- https://kentik.com/kentipedia/best-network-monitoring-tools-2026: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.