Is node_modules necessary on production envs?

[fariouche]

Hello, up till recently, i never had the node_modules folder in my production server. recently, maybe after an nom update, i see this folder copied.
I never had issues before and it's taking a lot of space in my small server.
Is it necessary? what am i missong if i do not have ot? (i'm using the old frontend)

thanks

[ildyria]

You need to run:

npm ci # does the creation of the node_modules
npm run build # creates public/build/...

After the second command, the node_modules is useless, feel free to nuke it. 👍

If you are using the old frontend on V6 you are missing out a lot.

[fariouche]

Thank you! This is what I suspected (i'm using gentoo and maintaining the ebuild myself, so I had a little doubt about this folder)
I'm still using v5 and had issues with the new UI so I had to use the old frontend, but I'm about to upgrade soon again an retry

[ildyria]

V5 sucks.
v6 rocks, the speed up and UI/UX are significantly improved. :)