What does arroba (@) mean in the name of a dependency on the package.json file?

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What is the meaning of the @ symbol before a dependency on the package.json file?

For example:

{
  "name": "star-admin-pro-react",
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "homepage": "https://bootstrapdash.com/demo/star-admin-free/react/template/demo_1/preview",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@fullcalendar/core": "^4.3.1", //<-----
    "@fullcalendar/daygrid": "^4.3.0", //<-----
    "@fullcalendar/interaction": "^4.3.0",
    "@mdi/font": "^4.2.95",
    "@tinymce/tinymce-react": "^3.3.2",
    "bootstrap": "^4.3.1",
    "react": "^16.9.0",
  }
}
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It means the package is inside a organization of npm. Most often the organization is public (as well as the respective packages).

Take, for example, the package @fullcalendar/interaction. Actually, the package name is only interaction, but belongs to the organization fullcalendar.

In this sense, the bar is used to "separate" the name of the organization (always preceded by @) of the package name.

It is basically a difference of presentation. Otherwise there is no difference and behaves the same way as any npm package.

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