# Install reload with npm

Node.js module to refresh and reload your code in your browser when your code changes. No browser plugins required. Version 3.4.3 via npm; verified 2026-03-06.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:reload
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g reload
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:reload
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/reload>
- **Version:** 3.4.3
- **Source summary:** Node.js module to refresh and reload your code in your browser when your code changes. No browser plugins required.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/alallier/reload#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/alallier/reload>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/alallier/reload#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/reload/-/reload-3.4.3.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/alallier/reload/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-03-06T16:58:37.124Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-06T16:58:37.124Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- reload (cli)
- reload (alias)

## Dependencies

- cli-color
- commander
- finalhandler
- minimist
- nodemon
- open
- serve-static
- ws

## Build dependencies

- express
- mocha
- nyc
- sinon
- standard

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.4.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-06
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/alallier/reload
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for reload. 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: 3.4.3
- **Version Count:** 48
- **Maintainers:** vesln, jprichardson, alallier
- **Author:** JP Richardson
- **Publisher:** alallier
- **Integrity:** sha512-zrS+A2p9QQYZCM6/G9ePRcn1KJJZ9Z2KvWhGjBfL8gsn+vMBP0floY5FmAzOyC8xVZGednF/419u/iOdw+JakQ==
- **Shasum:** 1504965901bab6f803217715ef02e7d00afab779
- **Unpacked Size:** 39,764
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-02-27T08:51:51.813Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-03-06T16:58:37.124Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-03-06T16:58:37.266Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [webpack-dev-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/webpack-dev-server/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: browser, changes, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [next-remote-watch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/next-remote-watch/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: changes, cli, commander, developer, developer-tools.
- [node-dev](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-dev/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, development, development-servers.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph