# Install ts-node-dev with npm

Compiles your TS app and restarts when files are modified. Version 2.0.0 via npm; verified 2022-05-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:ts-node-dev
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g ts-node-dev
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:ts-node-dev
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ts-node-dev>
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Source summary:** Compiles your TS app and restarts when files are modified.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/whitecolor/ts-node-dev#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/whitecolor/ts-node-dev>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/whitecolor/ts-node-dev#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-node-dev/-/ts-node-dev-2.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/whitecolor/ts-node-dev/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-05-26T17:37:30.147Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-26T17:37:30.147Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- ts-node-dev (cli)
- tsnd (cli)
- ts-node-dev (alias)

## Dependencies

- chokidar
- dynamic-dedupe
- minimist
- mkdirp
- resolve
- rimraf
- source-map-support
- tree-kill
- ts-node
- tsconfig

## Build dependencies

- @types/chai
- @types/chokidar
- @types/fs-extra
- @types/minimist
- @types/mkdirp
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- @types/rimraf
- @types/tape
- @types/touch
- @types/ts-nameof
- @whitecolor/eslint-config
- chai
- chalk
- coffee-script
- eslint
- esm
- fs-extra
- mocha
- np
- tap
- tape
- touch
- ts-nameof
- tsconfig-paths
- ttypescript
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2022-05-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/whitecolor/ts-node-dev
- 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 ts-node-dev. 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: 2.0.0, Next: 2.0.0-0
- **Version Count:** 78
- **Maintainers:** whitecolor
- **Publisher:** whitecolor
- **Engines:** Node: >=0.8.0
- **Peer Dependencies:** node-notifier, typescript
- **Integrity:** sha512-ywMrhCfH6M75yftYvrvNarLEY+SUXtUvU8/0Z6llrHQVBx12GiFk5sStF8UdfE/yfzk9IAq7O5EEbTQsxlBI8w==
- **Shasum:** bdd53e17ab3b5d822ef519928dc6b4a7e0f13065
- **Unpacked Size:** 57,331
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-06-22T18:43:42.709Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-05-26T17:37:30.147Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-27T22:14:07.515Z


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [node-dev](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-dev/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: are, dedupe, dev, dynamic, dynamic-dedupe.
- [babel-watch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/babel-watch/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: chokidar, map, node, reload, source.
- [ts-patch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ts-patch/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: minimist, resolve, support, tsconfig.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph