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npm install -g npm-check-updates

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Find newer versions of dependencies than what your package.json allows

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ncu
npm-check-updates

security posture

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npm lifecycle scripts are declared: prepare.
No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
npm package metadata declares a prepare script.
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Build metadata lists 90 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`ncu`	cli	global executable
`npm-check-updates`	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 generated2026-07-10

manager version22.2.3

manager updated2026-06-20

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updatesnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	npm:npm-check-updates
Version	22.2.3
Package manager	npm
Package manager page	https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-check-updates
Homepage	https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates
Repository	https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates
Upstream docs	https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-check-updates/-/npm-check-updates-22.2.3.tgz
Issue tracker	https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/issues
Last updated	2026-06-20T22:00:20.873Z
Published	2026-06-06T00:06:16.195Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	@eslint/compat, @eslint/js, @microsoft/api-extractor, @streamparser/json, @trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports, @types/bun, @types/chai, @types/chai-as-promised, @types/chai-string, @types/cli-table, @types/hosted-git-info, @types/ini, @types/js-yaml, @types/jsonlines, @types/lodash-es, @types/mocha, @types/node, @types/npm-registry-fetch, @types/parse-github-url, @types/picomatch, @types/progress, @types/prompts, @types/semver, @types/semver-utils, @types/sinon, @types/update-notifier, @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin, @typescript-eslint/parser, camelcase, chai, chai-as-promised, chai-string, chalk, cli-table3, commander, cosmiconfig, cross-env, dequal, eslint, eslint-config-prettier, eslint-config-raine, eslint-config-standard, eslint-import-resolver-typescript, eslint-plugin-import-x, eslint-plugin-jsdoc, eslint-plugin-n, eslint-plugin-promise, fast-glob, fast-memoize, find-up, fp-and-or, globals, hosted-git-info, ini, js-yaml, jsonc-parser, jsonlines, lockfile-lint, lodash-es, markdownlint-cli, mocha, npm-registry-fetch, npm-run-all, p-map, parse-github-url, picomatch, prettier, progress, prompts-ncu, rfdc, rimraf, semver, semver-utils, should, sinon, source-map-support, spawn-please, timeago.js, ts-json-schema-generator, tsx, typescript, unplugin-dts, untildify, update-notifier, verdaccio, vite, vite-bundle-analyzer, yaml, yarn, zod
Bottle	not recorded
npm postinstall	not defined
Service	none declared
Keywords	dependencies, npm, package.json, update, upgrade, versions

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	npm registry
Dist Tags	Latest 22.2.3 Next 17.1.4-0
Version Count	527
Maintainers	raine tjunnone
Author	Tomas Junnonen
Publisher	raine
Engines	Node ^20.19.0 \|\| ^22.12.0 \|\| >=24.0.0 npm >=10.0.0
Integrity	sha512-n8HZ0ywZugYRgEqIm67hbZC5L/9S/gLX+MkGchJB43pP2xib1+u76OpVEJRZ4QP2BksPRi5M1CCStJVfc16+/A==
Shasum	9dd55c2806ea591465674fbc10f89d013271e21c
Unpacked Size	14,091,280
File Count	0
Created At	2013-09-07T02:39:10.816Z
Latest Published At	2026-06-06T00:06:16.195Z
Modified At	2026-06-06T00:06:16.302Z

source database matches

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Nix95%

npm-check-updates

nix profile install nixpkgs#npm-check-updates

normalized package name match
Matched by: npm Check Updates

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

pacman95%

npm-check-updates 22.2.3-1

Find newer versions of dependencies than what your package.json allows

https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates

sudo pacman -S npm-check-updates

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: any
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: npm Check Updates

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: npm-check-updates from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

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