# Install npm-which with npm

Locate a program or locally installed node module's executable. Version 3.0.1 via npm; verified 2016-07-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:npm-which
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g npm-which
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:npm-which
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-which>
- **Version:** 3.0.1
- **Source summary:** Locate a program or locally installed node module's executable
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/timoxley/npm-which>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/timoxley/npm-which>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/timoxley/npm-which>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-which/-/npm-which-3.0.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/timoxley/npm-which/issues>
- **Published:** 2016-07-22T06:57:28.075Z
- **Last updated:** 2016-07-22T06:57:28.075Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- npm-which (cli)
- npm-which (alias)

## Dependencies

- commander
- npm-path
- which

## Build dependencies

- tap-spec
- tape

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2016-07-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/timoxley/npm-which
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for npm-which. 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: 3.0.1
- **Version Count:** 6
- **Maintainers:** timoxley
- **Author:** Tim Oxley
- **Publisher:** timoxley
- **Engines:** Node: >=4.2.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-CM8vMpeFQ7MAPin0U3wzDhSGV0hMHNwHU0wjo402IVizPDrs45jSfSuoC+wThevY88LQti8VvaAnqYAeVy3I1A==
- **Shasum:** 9225f26ec3a285c209cae67c3b11a6b4ab7140aa
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-04-21T00:20:08.377Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2016-07-22T06:57:28.075Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-22T09:47:02.330Z


## Related links

- [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [npm-run](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/npm-run/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: executable, installed, locally, node, npm.
- [npm-path](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/npm-path/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: executable, npm, npm-path, path, run.
- [npm-run-all2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/npm-run-all2/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: npm, or, run, which.

## Sources

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