# Install cssesc with npm

A JavaScript library for escaping CSS strings and identifiers while generating the shortest possible ASCII-only output. Version 3.0.0 via npm; verified 2019-02-04.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:cssesc
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g cssesc
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:cssesc
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/cssesc>
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Source summary:** A JavaScript library for escaping CSS strings and identifiers while generating the shortest possible ASCII-only output.
- **Homepage:** <https://mths.be/cssesc>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mathiasbynens/cssesc>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://mths.be/cssesc>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/cssesc/-/cssesc-3.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mathiasbynens/cssesc/issues>
- **Published:** 2019-02-04T16:34:20.250Z
- **Last updated:** 2019-02-04T16:34:20.250Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- cssesc (cli)
- cssesc (alias)

## Build dependencies

- babel-cli
- babel-preset-env
- codecov
- grunt
- grunt-template
- istanbul
- mocha
- regenerate
- requirejs

## 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: 2019-02-04
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/cssesc
- 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 cssesc. 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:** 5
- **Maintainers:** mathias
- **Author:** Mathias Bynens
- **Publisher:** mathias
- **Engines:** Node: >=4
- **Integrity:** sha512-/Tb/JcjK111nNScGob5MNtsntNM1aCNUDipB/TkwZFhyDrrE47SOx/18wF2bbjgc3ZzCSKW1T5nt5EbFoAz/Vg==
- **Shasum:** 37741919903b868565e1c09ea747445cd18983ee
- **Unpacked Size:** 17,488
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-08-09T13:30:10.779Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2019-02-04T16:34:20.250Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-14T05:03:26.578Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [jsesc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/jsesc/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: ascii, escape, javascript, possible, shortest.
- [esrever](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/esrever/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: javascript, string.
- [quoted-printable](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/quoted-printable/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: javascript, string.

## Sources

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