# Install jest with npm

Delightful JavaScript Testing. Version 30.4.2 via npm; verified 2026-05-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:jest
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g jest
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:jest
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/jest>
- **Version:** 30.4.2
- **Source summary:** Delightful JavaScript Testing.
- **Homepage:** <https://jestjs.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jestjs/jest>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://jestjs.io/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/jest/-/jest-30.4.2.tgz>
- **Published:** 2026-05-09T00:31:21.036Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-09T00:31:21.036Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- jest (cli)
- jest (alias)

## Dependencies

- @jest/core
- @jest/types
- import-local
- jest-cli

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 30.4.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-09
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/jestjs/jest
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for jest. 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: 30.4.2, Next: 30.0.0-rc.1
- **Version Count:** 380
- **Maintainers:** aaronabramov, simenb, rickhanlonii, openjs-operations, cpojer
- **Publisher:** simenb
- **Engines:** Node: ^18.14.0 || ^20.0.0 || ^22.0.0 || >=24.0.0
- **Peer Dependencies:** node-notifier
- **Integrity:** sha512-Yi1jqNC/Oq0N4hBgNH/YvBpP1P57QqundgytzYqy3yqAa7NZPNjSoi4SGbRAXDMdBzNE6xBCi5U7RgfrvMEUVQ==
- **Shasum:** e9bdb00f4bf1126d781b0d98e23130db096bbd9a
- **Unpacked Size:** 6,698
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-02-22T15:25:44.365Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-09T00:31:21.036Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-09T00:31:21.174Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - jest - 29.6.2~ds1+~cs73.45.28-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: jest from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Delightful JavaScript Testing | https://jestjs.io
- Ubuntu apt - jest - 29.6.2~ds1+~cs73.45.28-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: jest from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Delightful JavaScript Testing | https://jestjs.io


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [jest-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/jest-cli/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: ava, babel, cli, core, coverage.
- [jest-expo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/jest-expo/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: babel, cli, developer, developer-tools, jest.
- [jest-stare](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/jest-stare/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, jasmine, jest.

## 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