What does the sign @^ in a package.json file mean

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What does the sign @^ in a package.json file mean?

postcss-colormin@^4.0.3:

Possible duplicate of [What's the difference between tilde(~) and caret(^) in package.json?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22343224/whats-the-difference-between-tilde-and-caret-in-package-json) — jonrsharpe, Jun 10 '19 at 08:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '19 at 08:37

According to the docs, the @ represents the version while the ^ represents that the specified version should be compatible with whatever version npm i will install.

Your specific example will allow npm to install the latest version of postcss-colormin that is compatible with v4.0.3.

What does the sign @^ in a package.json file mean

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