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Install chrome-launcher with npm

Launch latest Chrome with the Devtools Protocol port open. Version 1.2.1 via npm; verified 2025-09-25.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

Portable and language managers

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npm install -g chrome-launcher

local npm package metadata

overview

Package summary

Launch latest Chrome with the Devtools Protocol port open

Commands and aliases

  • print-chrome-path

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

Install behavior

  • No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
  • Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 7 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
print-chrome-pathcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.2.1
manager updated2025-09-25
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keynpm:chrome-launcher
Version1.2.1
Package managernpm
Package manager pagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/chrome-launcher
Homepagehttps://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher#readme
Repositoryhttps://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher
Upstream docshttps://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/chrome-launcher/-/chrome-launcher-1.2.1.tgz
Issue trackerhttps://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher/issues
Last updated2025-09-25T18:37:51.391Z
Published2025-09-25T18:37:51.391Z
Dependencies@types/node, escape-string-regexp, is-wsl, lighthouse-logger
Build dependencies@types/mocha, @types/sinon, clang-format, mocha, sinon, ts-node, typescript
Bottlenot recorded
npm postinstallnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Databasenpm registry
Dist Tags
Latest
1.2.1
Version Count44
Maintainers
  • paulirish
  • brendankenny
  • hoten
  • adamraine
AuthorThe Chromium Authors
Publisherpaulirish
Engines
Node
>=12.13.0
Integritysha512-qmFR5PLMzHyuNJHwOloHPAHhbaNglkfeV/xDtt5b7xiFFyU1I+AZZX0PYseMuhenJSSirgxELYIbswcoc+5H4A==
Shasuma84877c123192bdadb40dc274b74caf164e98032
Unpacked Size137,582
File Count0
Created At2017-05-14T21:07:27.321Z
Latest Published At2025-09-25T18:37:51.391Z
Modified At2025-09-25T18:37:51.581Z

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Topical hubs

Same workflow

  • chromium-edge-launcherBoth packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: devtools, escape, escape-string-regexp, is-wsl, latest.
  • lighthouseBoth packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: chrome, chrome-launcher, devtools, launcher, lighthouse.
  • chrome-devtools-mcpBoth packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: chrome, devtools, node.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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