# Install kill-port with npm

Kill process running on given port. Version 2.0.1 via npm; verified 2022-06-21.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

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

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:kill-port
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/kill-port>
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Source summary:** Kill process running on given port
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/tiaanduplessis/kill-port>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tiaanduplessis/kill-port>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/tiaanduplessis/kill-port>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/kill-port/-/kill-port-2.0.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/tiaanduplessis/kill-port/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-06-21T23:47:36.699Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-21T23:47:36.699Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- kill-port (cli)
- kill-port (alias)

## Dependencies

- get-them-args
- shell-exec

## Build dependencies

- jest
- npm-check
- standard

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2022-06-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/tiaanduplessis/kill-port
- 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 kill-port. 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: 2.0.1
- **Version Count:** 14
- **Maintainers:** tiaanduplessis
- **Author:** Tiaan du Plessis
- **Publisher:** tiaanduplessis
- **Integrity:** sha512-e0SVOV5jFo0mx8r7bS29maVWp17qGqLBZ5ricNSajON6//kmb7qqqNnml4twNE8Dtj97UQD+gNFOaipS/q1zzQ==
- **Shasum:** e5e18e2706b13d54320938be42cb7d40609b15cf
- **Unpacked Size:** 174,628
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-04-08T10:43:57.292Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-06-21T23:47:36.699Z
- **Modified At:** 2025-11-24T22:29:48.462Z


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [kill-port-process](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/kill-port-process/) - 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, port, ports, process.
- [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