Deno 1.29 has been officially released.

major changes

Improve npm compatibility

This release features several npm compatibility improvements and 30+ bug fixes since 1.28.0.

• Support for custom registries through environment variables

Deno will now obeyNPM_CONFIG_REGISTRYEnvironment variable that allows specifying a custom npm registry.

# change this to a custom registry
NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY=https://registry.npmjs.org deno run main.ts

In a future release, there will be support for using a different registry per package scope, with the ability to set credentials.

npm specifiers can now be used with deno installFor use with:

> deno install -A npm:cowsay@1.5.0
✅ Successfully installed cowsay
C:\Users\david\.deno\bin\cowsay.cmd
C:\Users\david\.deno\bin\cowsay (shell)
> cowsay Hello from deno!
 __________________
< Hello from deno! >
 ------------------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

This will additionally create a lock file for the command on the first run to ensure that each subsequent run uses the same npm dependency versions.

See the release announcement for the complete update.