# Install kill-port-process with npm

Easily kill hanging processes on ports - on any platform! Version 4.0.2 via npm; verified 2026-03-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:kill-port-process
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g kill-port-process
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:kill-port-process
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/kill-port-process>
- **Version:** 4.0.2
- **Source summary:** Easily kill hanging processes on ports - on any platform!
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/hilleer/kill-port-process#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hilleer/kill-port-process>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/hilleer/kill-port-process#readme>
- **License:** ISC
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/kill-port-process/-/kill-port-process-4.0.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/hilleer/kill-port-process/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-03-02T09:57:02.962Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-02T09:57:02.962Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- kill-port (cli)

## Dependencies

- get-them-args
- pid-port

## Build dependencies

- @eslint/js
- @types/chai
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- chai
- eslint
- mocha
- tsx
- typescript
- typescript-eslint

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 4.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/hilleer/kill-port-process
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kill-port-process. 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: 3.3.1-0, Latest: 4.0.2
- **Version Count:** 25
- **Maintainers:** hilleer
- **Author:** Daniel Hillmann
- **Publisher:** hilleer
- **Engines:** Node: >=20
- **Integrity:** sha512-fO8gc45EYJQUQWozPBmdTpsR0GDvldsmrhP2I4FPoNejwyBY4Liiwj9Is7P/5rj6k07ZQ5Ob0g0k2dqQcslW/w==
- **Shasum:** e50e741f7024742f2a50a52bac5d22d4bdebf003
- **Unpacked Size:** 34,994
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2018-11-03T15:07:50.097Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-03-02T09:57:02.962Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-03-02T09:57:03.072Z


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [kill-port](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/kill-port/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: args, cli, get, get-them-args, kill.
- [find-process](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/find-process/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, management, pid, port, ports.
- [killport](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/killport/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, kill, management, port, ports.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph