# Install why-is-node-running with npm

Node is running but you don't know why? why-is-node-running is here to help you. Version 3.2.2 via npm; verified 2025-01-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:why-is-node-running
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g why-is-node-running
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:why-is-node-running
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/why-is-node-running>
- **Version:** 3.2.2
- **Source summary:** Node is running but you don't know why? why-is-node-running is here to help you.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/why-is-node-running>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/why-is-node-running>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/why-is-node-running>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/why-is-node-running/-/why-is-node-running-3.2.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/why-is-node-running/issues>
- **Published:** 2025-01-08T15:02:27.953Z
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-08T15:02:27.953Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## Executables

- why-is-node-running (cli)
- why-is-node-running (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-10
- Package-manager version: 3.2.2
- Package-manager updated: 2025-01-08
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mafintosh/why-is-node-running
- 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 why-is-node-running. 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: 3.2.2
- **Version Count:** 24
- **Maintainers:** mafintosh, yoshuawuyts, jkoops
- **Author:** Mathias Buus
- **Publisher:** jkoops
- **Engines:** Node: >=20.11
- **Integrity:** sha512-NKUzAelcoCXhXL4dJzKIwXeR8iEVqsA0Lq6Vnd0UXvgaKbzVo4ZTHROF2Jidrv+SgxOQ03fMinnNhzZATxOD3A==
- **Shasum:** 4c563f5068c5960167220f1b7102ae501cefefb9
- **Unpacked Size:** 8,851
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2016-02-09T15:29:46.299Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2025-01-08T15:02:27.953Z
- **Modified At:** 2025-01-08T15:02:28.146Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [wtfnode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/wtfnode/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, debugging, developer, developer-tools, help.
- [llnode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/llnode/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, debugging, developer, developer-tools, node.
- [inspector-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/inspector-proxy/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, debug, debugging, developer, developer-tools.

## Sources

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