# Install np with npm

A better npm publish. Version 11.2.1 via npm; verified 2026-05-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:np
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g np
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:np
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/np>
- **Version:** 11.2.1
- **Source summary:** A better npm publish
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/np#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/np>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/np#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/np/-/np-11.2.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/np/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-12T17:04:00.979Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T17:04:00.979Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- np (cli)
- np (alias)

## Dependencies

- chalk
- chalk-template
- clipboardy
- cosmiconfig
- del
- escape-goat
- escape-string-regexp
- execa
- exit-hook
- github-url-from-git
- hosted-git-info
- ignore-walk
- import-local
- inquirer
- is-installed-globally
- is-interactive
- is-scoped
- issue-regex
- listr
- listr-input
- log-symbols
- meow
- new-github-release-url
- npm-name
- onetime
- open
- p-memoize
- package-directory
- path-exists
- read-package-up
- read-pkg
- rxjs
- semver
- symbol-observable
- terminal-link
- update-notifier

## Build dependencies

- @sindresorhus/is
- @types/semver
- ava
- common-tags
- esmock
- fs-extra
- map-obj
- sinon
- strip-ansi
- tempy
- write-package
- xo

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 11.2.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/np
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for np. 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: 11.2.1
- **Version Count:** 107
- **Maintainers:** sindresorhus, samverschueren, itaisteinherz
- **Publisher:** sindresorhus
- **Engines:** Bun: >=1, Git: >=2.11.0, Node: >=20, npm: >=9, Pnpm: >=8, Yarn: >=1.7.0
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/sindresorhus/np?sponsor=1>
- **Integrity:** sha512-OBvNC8ipTHzRNY44opIUxptDaI1NukIBxVvof2vvLe8XLfw87TyfOdR6/QYSQEMqtRSL0XkNj0N/6Bsn//S6Qg==
- **Shasum:** 371887c97c2bfe1235477702daa4d2fc951f37eb
- **Unpacked Size:** 107,197
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-09-08T09:02:02.876Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-12T17:04:00.979Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-12T17:04:01.107Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - np: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/np/np/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [release-it](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-it/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: commit, git, github, info, inquirer.
- [semantic-release](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/semantic-release/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: commit, cosmiconfig, execa, git, github.
- [release](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: chalk, escape, escape-goat, git, github.

## Sources

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