# Install watch with npm

Utilities for watching file trees. Version 1.0.2 via npm; verified 2017-02-17.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:watch
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g watch
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:watch
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/watch>
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Source summary:** Utilities for watching file trees.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mikeal/watch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mikeal/watch>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/mikeal/watch>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/watch/-/watch-1.0.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mikeal/watch/issues>
- **Published:** 2017-02-17T18:22:47.637Z
- **Last updated:** 2017-02-17T18:22:47.637Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- watch (cli)

## Dependencies

- exec-sh
- minimist

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2017-02-17
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mikeal/watch
- 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 watch. 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: 1.0.2
- **Version Count:** 30
- **Maintainers:** levithomason, finnpauls, mikeal
- **Author:** Mikeal Rogers
- **Publisher:** levithomason
- **Engines:** Node: >=0.1.95
- **Integrity:** sha512-1u+Z5n9Jc1E2c7qDO8SinPoZuHj7FgbgU1olSFoyaklduDvvtX7GMMtlE6OC9FTXq4KvNAOfj6Zu4vI1e9bAKA==
- **Shasum:** 340a717bde765726fa0aa07d721e0147a551df0c
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-01-03T00:41:15.407Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2017-02-17T18:22:47.637Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-01-07T17:04:00.267Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - watch: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/watch/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - 54145a.145watch: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: 54145a.145watch from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - Japplis.Watch: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Japplis.Watch from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - echocat.watch: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: echocat.watch from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [sane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/sane/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, exec, exec-sh, file, filesystem.
- [ts-clean-built](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ts-clean-built/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, files, filesystem, minimist.
- [chokidar-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/chokidar-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, files, fs, system.

## Sources

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