# Install dev with npm

Reruns the given file whenever the current working dir subtree has modifications. Note: this module will be rewritten and change functionality. Version 0.1.5 via npm; verified 2026-05-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:dev
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g dev
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:dev
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/dev>
- **Version:** 0.1.5
- **Source summary:** Reruns the given file whenever the current working dir subtree has modifications. Note: this module will be rewritten and change functionality.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/iliakan/node-dev#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/iliakan/node-dev>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/iliakan/node-dev#readme>
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/dev/-/dev-0.1.5.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/iliakan/node-dev/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-28T05:13:43.654Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28T05:13:43.654Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- node-dev (cli)

## Dependencies

- inotify

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.1.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-28
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/iliakan/node-dev
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dev. 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: 0.1.5
- **Version Count:** 13
- **Maintainers:** iliakan
- **Author:** Ilya Kantor
- **Publisher:** iliakan
- **Integrity:** sha512-Fix+RToMKpGzEps6m/2HaHQrbp9iGo32hU41Q3LKC+zRy8R03jeu5IAv3S0ZuLXdJy7g8avCayINJMBLXT+5/A==
- **Shasum:** 8a26c09a0a310678de48c78fef59d9cae8dafd9b
- **Unpacked Size:** 11,574
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-05-16T21:17:03.174Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-28T05:13:43.654Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-03T16:54:03.276Z


## Related links

- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [node-dev](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-dev/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: dev, node, node-dev.
- [run](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/run/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: current, dir, file, given, reruns.
- [nugget](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/nugget/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: current, file, node, working.

## Sources

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