ll you replicate from my registry into the public one?</h2>
<p>No.  If you want things to be public, then publish them into the public
registry using npm.  What little security there is would be for nought
otherwise.</p>
<h2 id="do-i-have-to-use-couchdb-to-build-a-registry-that-npm-can-talk-to-">Do I have to use couchdb to build a registry that npm can talk to?</h2>
<p>No, but it&#39;s way easier.  Basically, yes, you do, or you have to
effectively implement the entire CouchDB API anyway.</p>
<h2 id="is-the