# Install mapshaper

A tool for editing geospatial data for mapping and GIS. Version 0.7.20 via npm; verified 2026-05-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:mapshaper
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g mapshaper
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** npm:mapshaper
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager URL:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/mapshaper>
- **Version:** 0.7.20
- **Source summary:** A tool for editing geospatial data for mapping and GIS.
- **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-0.7.20.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-23T18:59:48.590Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-23T18:59:48.590Z
- **Generated:** 2026-05-26T17:25:59+00:00

## Executables

- mapshaper (cli): bin/mapshaper
- mapshaper-gui (cli): bin/mapshaper-gui
- mapshaper-xl (cli): bin/mapshaper-xl
- mapshaper (alias)

## Dependencies

- @bokuweb/zstd-wasm
- @ngageoint/geopackage
- @placemarkio/tokml
- @tmcw/togeojson
- @xmldom/xmldom
- adm-zip
- big.js
- commander
- cookies
- d3-color
- d3-interpolate
- d3-scale-chromatic
- delaunator
- fflate
- flatbush
- flatgeobuf
- geographiclib-geodesic
- geokdbush
- 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
- csv-spectrum
- eslint
- highlight.js
- marked
- mocha
- rollup
- rollup-plugin-polyfill-node
- shell-quote
- underscore

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-05-26
- Package-manager version: 0.7.20
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-23
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local radioisotope manifest was found for mapshaper. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


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