# Install mocha

simple, flexible, fun test framework. Version 11.7.6 via npm; verified 2026-05-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:mocha
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g mocha
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** npm:mocha
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager URL:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/mocha>
- **Version:** 11.7.6
- **Source summary:** simple, flexible, fun test framework
- **Homepage:** <https://mochajs.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mochajs/mocha>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://mochajs.org/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/mocha/-/mocha-11.7.6.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/>
- **Published:** 2026-05-21T11:11:59.551Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-21T11:11:59.551Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- _mocha (cli)
- mocha (cli)
- mocha (alias)

## Dependencies

- browser-stdout
- chokidar
- debug
- diff
- escape-string-regexp
- find-up
- glob
- he
- is-path-inside
- js-yaml
- log-symbols
- minimatch
- ms
- picocolors
- serialize-javascript
- strip-json-comments
- supports-color
- workerpool
- yargs
- yargs-parser
- yargs-unparser

## Build Dependencies

- @11ty/eleventy
- @11ty/eleventy-plugin-inclusive-language
- @eslint/js
- @mocha/docdash
- @rollup/plugin-alias
- @rollup/plugin-commonjs
- @rollup/plugin-json
- @rollup/plugin-multi-entry
- @rollup/plugin-node-resolve
- @test/esm-only-loader
- @types/node
- @types/yargs
- @vscode/windows-process-tree
- chai
- coffeescript
- cross-env
- eslint
- eslint-plugin-n
- fail-on-errors-webpack-plugin
- globals
- http-server
- installed-check
- jsdoc
- jsdoc-ts-utils
- karma
- karma-chrome-launcher
- karma-mocha
- karma-mocha-reporter
- karma-sauce-launcher
- knip
- markdown-it
- markdown-it-anchor
- markdown-it-attrs
- markdown-it-emoji
- markdown-it-prism
- markdown-toc
- markdownlint-cli
- needle
- npm-run-all2
- nyc
- pidtree
- prettier
- remark
- remark-github
- remark-inline-links
- rewiremock
- rimraf
- rollup
- rollup-plugin-node-globals
- rollup-plugin-polyfill-node
- rollup-plugin-visualizer
- semver
- sinon
- typescript
- unexpected
- unexpected-eventemitter
- unexpected-map
- unexpected-set
- unexpected-sinon
- uslug
- webpack
- webpack-cli

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 11.7.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-21
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mochajs/mocha
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mocha. 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: 11.7.6, Next: 12.0.0-beta-9.5
- **Version Count:** 239
- **Maintainers:** joshuakgoldberg, mark-wiemer
- **Author:** TJ Holowaychuk
- **Publisher:** joshuakgoldberg
- **Engines:** Node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-nS9xOGbw2I3cjCpxwZAEJ9xK9lmJ08vEkQvLtz4du9ZrF9UrjRpeJGiIgl2Z+Qs++pmB4ecDe48Fwsh+j+j7xA==
- **Shasum:** ebbe22989d04cbb9424a36307320476624c41a33
- **Unpacked Size:** 2,309,588
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-11-08T23:08:55.982Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-21T11:11:59.551Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-07T02:29:39.358Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - mocha - 10.7.2+ds1+~cs33.1.11-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mocha from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple, flexible, fun test framework - Node.js module | https://mochajs.org
- Nix - mocha: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mocha/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - mocha - 10.4.0+ds1+~cs33.1.8-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mocha from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple, flexible, fun test framework - Node.js module | https://mochajs.org


## Related Links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [testem](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/testem/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: browser, chokidar, glob, javascript, js-yaml.
- [esformatter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/esformatter/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: color, comments, debug, glob, javascript.
- [ava](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ava/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: ava, debug, jest, mocha, path.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph