set default registry as a string

registry = "https://registry.npmjs.org"

if needed, set a token

registry = { url = "https://registry.npmjs.org", token = "123456" }

if needed, set a username/password

registry = "https://usertitle:password@registry.npmjs.org"

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Your `bunfig.toml` can reference environment variables. Bun automatically loads environment variables from `.env.local`, `.env.[NODE_ENV]`, and `.env`. See [Docs > Environment variables](../../../runtime/environment-variables/index.md) for more information.

bunfig.toml

[install] registry = { url = "https://registry.npmjs.org", token = "$npm_token" }

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See [Docs > Package manager](../../../pm/cli/install/index.md) for complete documentation of Bun’s package manager.

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