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npm install -g tap

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A Test-Anything-Protocol library for JavaScript

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tap

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Installs with 20 runtime dependencies.

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Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`tap`	cli	global executable

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page generated2026-07-08

manager version21.7.4

manager updated2026-05-15

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https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	npm:tap
Version	21.7.4
Package manager	npm
Package manager page	https://www.npmjs.com/package/tap
Homepage	https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs/tree/main/src/tap#readme
Repository	https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs
Upstream docs	https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs/tree/main/src/tap#readme
License	BlueOak-1.0.0
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/tap/-/tap-21.7.4.tgz
Issue tracker	https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs/issues
Last updated	2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
Published	2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	@tapjs/after, @tapjs/after-each, @tapjs/asserts, @tapjs/before, @tapjs/before-each, @tapjs/chdir, @tapjs/core, @tapjs/filter, @tapjs/fixture, @tapjs/intercept, @tapjs/mock, @tapjs/node-serialize, @tapjs/run, @tapjs/snapshot, @tapjs/spawn, @tapjs/stdin, @tapjs/test, @tapjs/typescript, @tapjs/worker, resolve-import
Bottle	not recorded
npm postinstall	not defined
Service	none declared
Keywords	assert, tap, test, testing, framework, cli, tapjs, tapjs plugin

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	npm registry
Dist Tags	Latest 21.7.4 Legacy 12.7.0 Legacy V16 16.3.10 Totally Bundled 14.10.2-totally-bundled.1 Unbundled 14.10.2-unbundled V14 Legacy 14.11.0 V15 Beta 15.0.0-3
Version Count	440
Maintainers	isaacs
Author	Isaac Z. Schlueter
Publisher	isaacs
Engines	Node 20 \|\| >=22
Funding	https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs
Integrity	sha512-Snv6jL5USfHTW9PmlEWuqaxoxVpmQYYOlFzUS/p1vOrNUeg6FCSWQFQuLNwljV1DYFy0jATq+gAy6vAVdXeR3A==
Shasum	0baee044b20ad28cb6cfab373f4e7549d39e694e
Unpacked Size	80,932
File Count	0
Created At	2011-04-21T07:10:43.641Z
Latest Published At	2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
Modified At	2026-05-15T19:36:47.100Z

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