# Install node-hid with npm

USB HID device access library. Version 3.3.0 via npm; verified 2026-02-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:node-hid
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g node-hid
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:node-hid
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-hid>
- **Version:** 3.3.0
- **Source summary:** USB HID device access library
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid#readme>
- **License:** (MIT OR X11)
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/node-hid/-/node-hid-3.3.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-02-02T18:24:13.940Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-02T18:24:13.940Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- hid-showdevices (cli)
- hid-showdevices (alias)

## Dependencies

- node-addon-api
- pkg-prebuilds

## Build dependencies

- rimraf

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.3.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-02-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for node-hid. 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: 3.3.0
- **Version Count:** 47
- **Maintainers:** natevw, todbot, hans, julusian
- **Author:** Hans Hübner
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=10.16
- **Integrity:** sha512-j+dFgJLRAE0nufQKXk3IfS6T6YuHhCgMvz4TrG0sgtb6DSCdYpfJ1etcdmeCmPQjUgO+yo32ktVrRliNs/+fmg==
- **Shasum:** 2b00639e8bb9fc96592e8366fda7ae380826a7ee
- **Unpacked Size:** 5,864,515
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-04-09T12:07:18.929Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-02-02T18:24:13.940Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-02-02T18:24:14.257Z


## Related links

- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [lmdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/lmdb/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: addon, api, node, node-addon-api, prebuilds.
- [native-machine-id](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/native-machine-id/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: addon, api, device, node, node-addon-api.
- [node-gtts](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-gtts/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: api, node.

## Sources

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