# Install figlet with npm

Creates ASCII Art from text. A full implementation of the FIGfont spec. Version 1.11.0 via npm; verified 2026-03-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:figlet
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g figlet
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:figlet
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/figlet>
- **Version:** 1.11.0
- **Source summary:** Creates ASCII Art from text. A full implementation of the FIGfont spec.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/figlet/-/figlet-1.11.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-03-09T02:56:24.806Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-09T02:56:24.806Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- figlet (cli)

## Dependencies

- commander

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- @vitest/ui
- async
- husky
- lint-staged
- typescript
- vite
- vite-plugin-dts
- vitest

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.11.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-09
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 1.9.2-beta.0, Latest: 1.11.0
- **Version Count:** 44
- **Maintainers:** patorjk
- **Author:** Patrick Gillespie
- **Publisher:** patorjk
- **Engines:** Node: >= 17.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-EEx3OS/l2bFqcUNN2NM9FPJp8vAMrgbCxsbl2hbcJNNxOEwVe3mEzrhan7TbJQViZa8mMqhihlbCaqD+LyYKTQ==
- **Shasum:** 17b8a438ac75bfdbfbae79ecbc422e6e98d383fa
- **Unpacked Size:** 18,802,683
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-12-23T06:15:54.632Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-03-09T02:56:24.806Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-03-09T02:56:24.932Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - figlet - 2.2.5-3+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: figlet from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Make large character ASCII banners out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- Nix - figlet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/figlet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - figlet - 2.2.5-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: figlet from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Make large character ASCII banners out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- apk - figlet - 2.2.5-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: figlet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Program for making large letters out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- apk - figlet-doc - 2.2.5-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: figlet-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Program for making large letters out of ordinary text (documentation) | http://www.figlet.org/
- dnf - figlet - 2.2.5-39.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: figlet from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A program for making large letters out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- pacman - figlet - 2.2.5-6: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: figlet from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A program for making large letters out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- zypper - figlet - 2.2.5-4.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: figlet from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Tool for Creating Cool ASCII-Art Signatures | http://www.figlet.org/
- MacPorts - figlet: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/figlet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/figlet: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/figlet.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.
- [figlet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/figlet/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: art, ascii, banner, figlet, text.
- [apigeelint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/apigeelint/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ansi, commander, text.
- [leasot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/leasot/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ansi, commander, text.
- [figlet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/figlet/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

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