node-dependencies (GitHub: FogCreek/node-dependencies, License: MIT) is a very basic but incredibly useful command line utility written by Doug Patti of Fog Creek that checks and prints out out-of-date dependencies for your Node.js app.
npm install node-dependencies
Usage
$ node-dependencies --sort=urgency
Package Local Major Minor Patch
tedious 0.1.4 --- --- 0.1.5
mongoose 3.6.11 --- --- 3.6.0rc1
optimist 0.5.0 --- 0.6.0 0.5.2
redis 0.8.1 --- --- 0.8.3
underscore 1.4.3 --- --- 1.4.4
less-middleware 0.1.11 --- --- 0.1.12
express 3.2.4 --- --- 3.2.6
grunt 0.4.1 --- --- 0.4.0rc8
coffee-script 1.6.2 --- --- 1.6.3
bcrypt 0.7.5 --- --- 0.7.6
knox 0.8.2 --- --- 0.8.3
coffee-backtrace 0.2.0 --- 0.3.4 0.2.1
socket.io 0.9.14 --- --- 0.9.1-1
async 0.1.22 --- 0.2.9 ---
mocha 1.9.0 --- 1.11.0 ---
less 1.3.3 --- 1.4.0-b4 ---
hbs 2.1.0 --- 2.3.0 ---
grunt-ember-handleba 0.4.0 --- 0.6.0 ---
js-yaml 1.0.3 2.1.0 --- ---
ent 0.0.5 --- --- ---
date-utils 1.2.13 --- --- ---
jquery 1.8.3 --- --- ---
I came about node-dependencies trying to update dependencies for a whole bunch of NPM modules. It would be even more useful if it could update package.json for me.