# Install sane with npm

Sane aims to be fast, small, and reliable file system watcher. Version 5.0.1 via npm; verified 2021-06-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:sane
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g sane
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:sane
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/sane>
- **Version:** 5.0.1
- **Source summary:** Sane aims to be fast, small, and reliable file system watcher.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/amasad/sane>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/amasad/sane>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/amasad/sane>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/sane/-/sane-5.0.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/amasad/sane/issues>
- **Published:** 2021-06-28T01:13:49.287Z
- **Last updated:** 2021-06-28T01:13:49.287Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- sane (cli)
- sane (alias)

## Dependencies

- @cnakazawa/watch
- anymatch
- capture-exit
- exec-sh
- execa
- fb-watchman
- micromatch
- minimist
- walker

## Build dependencies

- eslint
- mocha
- prettier
- rimraf
- tmp

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 5.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2021-06-28
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/amasad/sane
- 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 sane. 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: 5.0.1
- **Version Count:** 58
- **Maintainers:** amasad, coscholl, stefanpenner
- **Author:** amasad
- **Publisher:** coscholl
- **Engines:** Node: 10.* || >= 12.*
- **Integrity:** sha512-9/0CYoRz0MKKf04OMCO3Qk3RQl1PAwWAhPSQSym4ULiLpTZnrY1JoZU0IEikHu8kdk2HvKT/VwQMq/xFZ8kh1Q==
- **Shasum:** ae94cb06acf5ad158242ff23f563d8cbe0ec1e4b
- **Unpacked Size:** 51,004
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-02-25T17:13:29.980Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2021-06-28T01:13:49.287Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-26T15:53:59.073Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Ubuntu apt - sane - 1.0.14-18: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sane from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | scanner graphical frontends | http://www.sane-project.org
- apk - sane - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Scanner Access Now Easy - universal scanner interface | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-abaton - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-abaton from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Abaton flatbed scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-agfafocus - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-agfafocus from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for AGFA Focus flatbed scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-apple - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-apple from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Apple flatbed scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-artec - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-artec from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Artec flatbed scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-artec_eplus48u - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-artec_eplus48u from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for the scanner Artec E+ 48U and re-badged models | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-as6e - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-as6e from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for using the Artec AS6E parallel port interface scanner. | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-avision - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-avision from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Avision branded and Avision OEM (HP, Minolta, Mitsubishi, UMAX and possibly more) flatbed and film scanners. | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-bh - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-bh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Bell+Howell Copiscan II series document scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-canon - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-canon from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Canon SCSI scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-canon630u - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-canon630u from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for the Canon 630u USB flatbed scanner | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-canon_dr - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-canon_dr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Canon DR-series scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-canon_lide70 - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-canon_lide70 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for the Canon LiDE 70 and 600(F) USB flatbed scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-canon_pp - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-canon_pp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Canon CanoScan Parallel Port flatbed scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/
- apk - sane-backend-cardscan - 1.4.0-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sane-backend-cardscan from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SANE backend for Corex CardScan usb scanners | http://www.sane-project.org/


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [watch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/watch/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, exec, exec-sh, file, filesystem.
- [ts-clean-built](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ts-clean-built/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-utilities, filesystem, minimist.
- [simple-watcher](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/simple-watcher/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-utilities, filesystem, system.

## Sources

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