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Install npm-check-updates
Find newer versions of dependencies than what your package.json allows. Version 22.2.1 via npm; verified 2026-05-24.
install
Install with Automic Vault
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sudo av install npm:npm-check-updatesPackage manager source
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overview
Package summary
Find newer versions of dependencies than what your package.json allows
Homepage
Commands and aliases
No executable aliases were found in the local package database.
security posture
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No matching local radioisotope manifest was found for npm-check-updates. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- npm lifecycle scripts are declared: prepare.
- No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
- npm package metadata declares a prepare script.
- 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 generated2026-05-26
manager version22.2.1
manager updated2026-05-24
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates
- info No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | npm:npm-check-updates |
|---|---|
| Version | 22.2.1 |
| 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-22.2.1.tgz |
| Issue tracker | https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/issues |
| Last updated | 2026-05-24T16:28:34.646Z |
| Published | 2026-05-24T16:28:34.646Z |
| 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, untildify, update-notifier, verdaccio, vite, vite-bundle-analyzer, vite-plugin-dts, yaml, yarn, zod |
| npm postinstall | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| npm lifecycle scripts | prepare |
| Keywords | dependencies, npm, package.json, update, upgrade, versions |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is written by scripts/generate-pkg-pages.py. Deployments refuse to publish if www/pkg/ is stale relative to local package data.
Used sources
- Nucleus package database
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment