# Install ava with npm

Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence. Version 8.0.1 via npm; verified 2026-05-17.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:ava
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g ava
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:ava
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ava>
- **Version:** 8.0.1
- **Source summary:** Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence.
- **Homepage:** <https://avajs.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/avajs/ava>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://avajs.dev>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/ava/-/ava-8.0.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/avajs/ava/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-17T19:30:55.528Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-17T19:30:55.528Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- ava (cli)
- ava (alias)

## Dependencies

- @vercel/nft
- acorn
- acorn-walk
- ansi-styles
- arrgv
- arrify
- callsites
- cbor2
- chalk
- chunkd
- ci-info
- ci-parallel-vars
- cli-truncate
- code-excerpt
- common-path-prefix
- concordance
- currently-unhandled
- debug
- emittery
- figures
- globby
- ignore-by-default
- indent-string
- is-plain-object
- is-promise
- matcher
- memoize
- ms
- p-map
- package-config
- picomatch
- plur
- pretty-ms
- resolve-cwd
- slash
- stack-utils
- supertap
- temp-dir
- write-file-atomic
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- @ava/test
- @ava/typescript
- @sindresorhus/tsconfig
- @types/node
- ansi-escapes
- c8
- execa
- expect
- sinon
- tap
- tempy
- tsd
- typescript
- xo
- zen-observable

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 8.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-17
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/avajs/ava
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ava. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 8.0.1
- **Version Count:** 121
- **Maintainers:** sindresorhus, novemberborn
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: ^22.20 || ^24.12 || >=26
- **Peer Dependencies:** @ava/typescript
- **Integrity:** sha512-YlwwL5HX2EJRE75e2LR8nio8lKAJ702sFbv0QYnhzngAjyo9wB+Xg4JZh5f432khlWfVD5OQ93rrRopEXJptpg==
- **Shasum:** cb41c0352171d8de427c076d08d108e5357a62f1
- **Unpacked Size:** 285,802
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-07-05T01:26:00.496Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-17T19:30:55.528Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-17T19:30:55.844Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ava - 5.3.1+dfsg+~cs46.3.10-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ava from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Futuristic test runner 🚀 | https://ava.li
- Ubuntu apt - ava - 5.3.1+dfsg+~cs46.3.10-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ava from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Futuristic test runner 🚀 | https://ava.li
- winget - AvaCC.AvaDesktop: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AvaCC.AvaDesktop from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [brittle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/brittle/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, http, networking, node, node-js.
- [avo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/avo/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: chalk, cli, http, ignore, networking.
- [babel-watch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/babel-watch/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: chalk, cli, debug, fast, http.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph