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npm install -g mapshaper

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overview

Package summary

A tool for editing geospatial data for mapping and GIS.

Project links

Commands and aliases

mapshaper
mapshaper-gui
mapshaper-xl

security posture

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Install behavior

No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Installs with 31 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 14 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`mapshaper`	cli	global executable
`mapshaper-gui`	cli	global executable
`mapshaper-xl`	cli	global executable

freshness

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page generated2026-07-10

manager version0.7.26

manager updated2026-06-19

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	npm:mapshaper
Version	0.7.26
Package manager	npm
Package manager page	https://www.npmjs.com/package/mapshaper
Homepage	https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper#readme
Repository	https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper
Upstream docs	https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper#readme
License	MPL-2.0
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/mapshaper/-/mapshaper-0.7.26.tgz
Issue tracker	https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper/issues
Last updated	2026-06-19T07:18:00.951Z
Published	2026-06-16T00:31:11.056Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	@bokuweb/zstd-wasm, @ngageoint/geopackage, @placemarkio/tokml, @tmcw/togeojson, @xmldom/xmldom, adm-zip, commander, cookies, d3-color, d3-interpolate, d3-scale-chromatic, delaunator, fflate, flatbush, flatgeobuf, geographiclib-geodesic, geotiff, geotiff-geokeys-to-proj4, hyparquet, hyparquet-compressors, hyparquet-writer, iconv-lite, idb-keyval, jpeg-js, kdbush, mproj, msgpackr, open, pngjs, rw, tinyqueue
Build dependencies	@playwright/test, @rollup/plugin-commonjs, @rollup/plugin-json, @rollup/plugin-node-resolve, big.js, csv-spectrum, eslint, highlight.js, marked, mocha, rollup, rollup-plugin-polyfill-node, shell-quote, underscore
Bottle	not recorded
npm postinstall	not defined
Service	none declared
Keywords	shapefile, topojson, geojson, cartography, simplification, topology, csv, gis

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	npm registry
Dist Tags	Latest 0.7.26
Version Count	516
Maintainers	mbloch
Author	Matthew Bloch
Publisher	mbloch
Engines	Node >=20.11.0
Optional Dependencies	@rollup/rollup-linux-x64-gnu better-sqlite3
Integrity	sha512-1M42rJgWw/7OdjGL7ENSVinA2VGJHdnioxpQtuMPVmZfRxx8uVsVmdtUNJ7e6Jl3cdImdobuVBwsl8aLg5cO2w==
Shasum	8d109721cd1fc7b18b2e1de298ff9ce90bec43a3
Unpacked Size	13,739,708
File Count	0
Created At	2013-07-12T00:20:19.168Z
Latest Published At	2026-06-16T00:31:11.056Z
Modified At	2026-06-16T00:31:11.173Z

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