# Install start-server-and-test with npm

Starts server, waits for URL, then runs test command; when the tests end, shuts down server. Version 3.0.11 via npm; verified 2026-06-11.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:start-server-and-test
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g start-server-and-test
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:start-server-and-test
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/start-server-and-test>
- **Version:** 3.0.11
- **Source summary:** Starts server, waits for URL, then runs test command; when the tests end, shuts down server
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bahmutov/start-server-and-test#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bahmutov/start-server-and-test>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/bahmutov/start-server-and-test#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/start-server-and-test/-/start-server-and-test-3.0.11.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/bahmutov/start-server-and-test/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-11T14:37:36.055Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11T14:37:36.055Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- server-test (cli)
- start-server-and-test (cli)
- start-test (cli)
- start-server-and-test (alias)

## Dependencies

- arg
- check-more-types
- debug
- execa
- lazy-ass
- tree-kill
- wait-on

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- chai
- cross-env
- husky
- json-server
- minimist
- mocha
- prettier
- sinon
- sinon-chai
- snap-shot-it

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.0.11
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-11
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/bahmutov/start-server-and-test
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for start-server-and-test. 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: 3.0.11
- **Version Count:** 99
- **Maintainers:** bahmutov
- **Author:** Gleb Bahmutov
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: ^22 || >=24
- **Integrity:** sha512-NRapOwJl6jr1DNSaQ+SRukHI2OKcFZA2Iv2tfTW9fI/S+6YmJGiwacR+0MG3o5p39lY4xWUOE5JFkKJBZUjxuQ==
- **Shasum:** 25aeaea872575a8f6e0d7b0b22d0c26500eff5bf
- **Unpacked Size:** 33,348
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-11-08T10:53:48.574Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-11T14:37:36.055Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-11T14:37:36.381Z


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [snap-shot-core](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/snap-shot-core/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: arg, ass, check, check-more-types, cli.
- [selenium-standalone](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/selenium-standalone/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, debug, developer, developer-tools, execa.
- [ggit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ggit/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ass, check, check-more-types, cli, debug.

## Sources

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