# Install tap with npm

A Test-Anything-Protocol library for JavaScript. Version 21.7.4 via npm; verified 2026-05-15.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

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

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:tap
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/tap>
- **Version:** 21.7.4
- **Source summary:** A Test-Anything-Protocol library for JavaScript
- **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>
- **Published:** 2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- tap (cli)

## 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

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 21.7.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tap. 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: 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


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [tap-parser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tap-parser/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: anything, cli, codegen, developer, developer-tools.
- [tape](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tape/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: assert, cli, developer, developer-tools, each.
- [tap-out](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tap-out/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, tap, test.

## Sources

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