# Install chokidar-cli with npm

Ultra-fast cross-platform command line utility to watch file system changes. Version 3.0.0 via npm; verified 2021-07-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:chokidar-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g chokidar-cli
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:chokidar-cli
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/chokidar-cli>
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Source summary:** Ultra-fast cross-platform command line utility to watch file system changes.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/open-npm-tools/chokidar-cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/open-npm-tools/chokidar-cli>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/open-npm-tools/chokidar-cli>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/chokidar-cli/-/chokidar-cli-3.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <http://github.com/open-npm-tools/chokidar-cli/issues>
- **Published:** 2021-07-28T13:00:23.329Z
- **Last updated:** 2021-07-28T13:00:23.329Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- chokidar (cli)
- chokidar (alias)

## Dependencies

- chokidar
- lodash.debounce
- lodash.throttle
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- eslint
- mocha

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2021-07-28
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/open-npm-tools/chokidar-cli
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for chokidar-cli. 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: 3.0.0
- **Version Count:** 18
- **Maintainers:** es128, kimmobrunfeldt, heikkipora
- **Author:** Kimmo Brunfeldt
- **Publisher:** kimmobrunfeldt
- **Engines:** Node: >= 8.10.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-xVW+Qeh7z15uZRxHOkP93Ux8A0xbPzwK4GaqD8dQOYc34TlkqUhVSS59fK36DOp5WdJlrRzlYSy02Ht99FjZqQ==
- **Shasum:** 29283666063b9e167559d30f247ff8fc48794eb7
- **Unpacked Size:** 18,412
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-04-19T10:20:03.822Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2021-07-28T13:00:23.329Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-27T19:59:22.801Z


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [babel-watch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/babel-watch/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: changes, chokidar, debounce, fast, file.
- [turbowatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/turbowatch/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: chokidar, debounce, fast, file, throttle.
- [typescript-cp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/typescript-cp/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: chokidar, file, fs, lodash, watch.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph