# Install cowsay with npm

cowsay is a configurable talking cow. Version 1.6.0 via npm; verified 2024-01-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:cowsay
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g cowsay
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:cowsay
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/cowsay>
- **Version:** 1.6.0
- **Source summary:** cowsay is a configurable talking cow
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/cowsay/-/cowsay-1.6.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-01-26T06:24:22.739Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-26T06:24:22.739Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- cowsay (cli)
- cowthink (cli)

## Dependencies

- get-stdin
- string-width
- strip-final-newline
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- @rollup/plugin-commonjs
- @rollup/plugin-node-resolve
- execa
- rollup
- rollup-plugin-string
- tape

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.6.0
- Package-manager updated: 2024-01-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay
- 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 cowsay. 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: 1.6.0
- **Version Count:** 21
- **Maintainers:** piuccio
- **Author:** Fabio Crisci
- **Publisher:** piuccio
- **Engines:** Node: >= 4
- **Integrity:** sha512-8C4H1jdrgNusTQr3Yu4SCm+ZKsAlDFbpa0KS0Z3im8ueag+9pGOf3CrioruvmeaW/A5oqg9L0ar6qeftAh03jw==
- **Shasum:** dea1a2504a3422bcbaa5e85d564170a84791b672
- **Unpacked Size:** 495,745
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-11-22T10:29:22.538Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-01-26T06:24:22.739Z
- **Modified At:** 2024-01-26T06:24:22.897Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - cowsay - 3.03+dfsg2-8: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cowsay from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | configurable talking cow | https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
- Debian apt - cowsay-off - 3.03+dfsg2-8: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cowsay-off from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | configurable talking cow (offensive cows) | https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
- Nix - cowsay: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/cowsay/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cowsay - 3.03+dfsg2-8: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cowsay from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | configurable talking cow | https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
- Ubuntu apt - cowsay-off - 3.03+dfsg2-8: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cowsay-off from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | configurable talking cow (offensive cows) | https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
- apk - cowsay - 3.04-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cowsay from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Configurable talking cow (and a few other creatures) | https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay
- apk - cowsay-doc - 3.04-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cowsay-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Configurable talking cow (and a few other creatures) (documentation) | https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay
- dnf - cowsay - 3.8.4-5.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cowsay from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Configurable speaking/thinking cow | https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay
- pacman - cowsay - 3.8.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cowsay from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Configurable talking cow (and a bit more) | https://cowsay.diamonds
- zypper - cowsay - 3.8.4-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cowsay from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Configurable talking cow (and some other creatures) | https://cowsay.diamonds/
- MacPorts - cowsay: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/cowsay/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/cowsay: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cowsay.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [cowsay](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cowsay/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: art, ascii, cli, cowsay, cowthink.
- [yosay](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yosay/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cowsay, string, string-width, strip.
- [yeoman-character](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yeoman-character/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: art, ascii, cli, terminal, terminal-art.
- [cowsay](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cowsay/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## 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