# Install tap-spec with npm

Formatted TAP output like Mocha's spec reporter. Version 5.0.0 via npm; verified 2018-06-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:tap-spec
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g tap-spec
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:tap-spec
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/tap-spec>
- **Version:** 5.0.0
- **Source summary:** Formatted TAP output like Mocha's spec reporter
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/scottcorgan/tap-spec#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/scottcorgan/tap-spec>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/scottcorgan/tap-spec#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/tap-spec/-/tap-spec-5.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/scottcorgan/tap-spec/issues>
- **Published:** 2018-06-05T09:00:09.960Z
- **Last updated:** 2018-06-05T09:00:09.960Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- tap-spec (cli)
- tspec (cli)
- tap-spec (alias)

## Dependencies

- chalk
- duplexer
- figures
- lodash
- pretty-ms
- repeat-string
- tap-out
- through2

## Build dependencies

- tapes

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 5.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2018-06-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/scottcorgan/tap-spec
- 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 tap-spec. 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: 5.0.0
- **Version Count:** 29
- **Maintainers:** scottcorgan
- **Author:** Scott Corgan
- **Publisher:** scottcorgan
- **Integrity:** sha512-zMDVJiE5I6Y4XGjlueGXJIX2YIkbDN44broZlnypT38Hj/czfOXrszHNNJBF/DXR8n+x6gbfSx68x04kIEHdrw==
- **Shasum:** 7329e4e66e8aa68da2a164215abbb903a7c5d352
- **Unpacked Size:** 14,525
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-01-02T19:17:50.731Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2018-06-05T09:00:09.960Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-27T03:50:32.510Z


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [tap-min](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tap-min/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: chalk, cli, developer, developer-tools, formatting.
- [tap-summary](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tap-summary/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, figures, out.
- [tap-mocha-reporter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tap-mocha-reporter/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, formatting, mocha.

## Sources

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