# Install brittle with npm

A TAP test runner built for Bare runtime and Node.js. Version 4.1.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-07.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:brittle
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g brittle
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:brittle
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/brittle>
- **Version:** 4.1.0
- **Source summary:** A TAP test runner built for Bare runtime and Node.js
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/holepunchto/brittle#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/holepunchto/brittle>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/holepunchto/brittle#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/holepunchto/brittle/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-07T12:59:05.542Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T12:59:05.542Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00

## Executables

- brittle (cli)
- brittle (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-26
- Package-manager version: 4.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/holepunchto/brittle
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for brittle. 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: 4.1.0, Rc: 4.0.0-rc.1
- **Version Count:** 114
- **Maintainers:** mafintosh
- **Author:** David Mark Clements
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2021-09-08T11:45:02.391Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-07T12:59:05.542Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-07T12:59:05.542Z


## Related links

- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [bare-runtime](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/bare-runtime/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: bare, cli, http, javascript, networking.
- [adminjs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/adminjs/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, http, networking, node, node-js.
- [aspida](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/aspida/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, http, networking, node, node-js.

## Sources

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