deno link

The deno link command points your project at a local copy of a JSR package so you can develop against it in place of the published version. It is the command-line equivalent of editing the links array in deno.json by hand, and mirrors the workflow of npm link or bun link.

Linking a package Jump to heading#

Pass the path to a local package directory:

deno link ../my-local-pkg

The target must be a directory containing a deno.json or package.json with a name field, so Deno knows which package it stands in for. Deno appends the relative path to the links array in the nearest deno.json (creating the array if it does not exist) and then installs dependencies. The linked package is importable by its bare name, just like a workspace member, so no imports entry is added.

Linking the same path again has no additional effect. You can link several packages in one command:

deno link ../pkg-a ../pkg-b

Removing a link Jump to heading#

Use deno unlink to stop using the local copy:

deno unlink ../my-local-pkg

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