install

Additional install commands

Portable and language managers

npmverified · 100%

npm install -g needle

local npm package metadata

overview

Package summary

The leanest and most handsome HTTP client in the Nodelands.

Project links

Commands and aliases

needle

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for needle. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 8 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`needle`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version3.5.0

manager updated2026-03-12

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/tomas/needle

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/tomas/needlenone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	npm:needle
Version	3.5.0
Package manager	npm
Package manager page	https://www.npmjs.com/package/needle
Homepage	https://github.com/tomas/needle#readme
Repository	https://github.com/tomas/needle
Upstream docs	https://github.com/tomas/needle#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/needle/-/needle-3.5.0.tgz
Issue tracker	https://github.com/tomas/needle/issues
Last updated	2026-03-12T22:24:55.522Z
Published	2026-03-12T22:24:55.522Z
Dependencies	iconv-lite, sax
Build dependencies	JSONStream, jschardet, mocha, pump, q, should, sinon, xml2js
Bottle	not recorded
npm postinstall	not defined
Service	none declared
Keywords	http, https, simple, request, client, multipart, upload, proxy, deflate, timeout, charset, iconv, cookie, redirect

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	npm registry
Dist Tags	Latest 3.5.0
Version Count	115
Maintainers	tomas
Author	Tomás Pollak
Publisher	tomas
Engines	Node >= 4.4.x
Integrity	sha512-jaQyPKKk2YokHrEg+vFDYxXIHTCBgiZwSHOoVx/8V3GIBS8/VN6NdVRmg8q1ERtPkMvmOvebsgga4sAj5hls/w==
Shasum	aa2023642cb41b11a11babb733fd8fa952919112
Unpacked Size	329,849
File Count	0
Created At	2011-12-11T05:31:30.478Z
Latest Published At	2026-03-12T22:24:55.522Z
Modified At	2026-04-24T23:30:41.273Z

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

needle

nix profile install nixpkgs#needle

normalized package name match
Matched by: Needle

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/needle/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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

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