# Install wtfnode with npm

Utility to help find out why Node isn't exiting. Version 0.10.1 via npm; verified 2025-10-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:wtfnode
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g wtfnode
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:wtfnode
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/wtfnode>
- **Version:** 0.10.1
- **Source summary:** Utility to help find out why Node isn't exiting
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/myndzi/wtfnode#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/myndzi/wtfnode>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/myndzi/wtfnode#readme>
- **License:** ISC
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/wtfnode/-/wtfnode-0.10.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/myndzi/wtfnode/issues>
- **Published:** 2025-10-05T03:26:16.201Z
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-05T03:26:16.201Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## Executables

- wtfnode (cli)
- wtfnode (alias)

## Build dependencies

- coffeescript
- source-map-support

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-10
- Package-manager version: 0.10.1
- Package-manager updated: 2025-10-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/myndzi/wtfnode
- notice: The package-manager record has not changed recently.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for wtfnode. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 0.10.1-beta.1, Latest: 0.10.1
- **Version Count:** 38
- **Maintainers:** myndzi
- **Author:** Kris Reeves
- **Publisher:** myndzi
- **Engines:** Node: >=0.10.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-4mcHdlvcdSytsbFueN6QYZxmh5K7REawBk//ZOrJrtVOe548Qsq4GNEm/OUfZATqDnsX4g8uBbzmN7NdEZx09Q==
- **Shasum:** aae4d7774abeffeff42d50d299f0d222a502b692
- **Unpacked Size:** 41,803
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-05-05T19:55:48.475Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2025-10-05T03:26:16.201Z
- **Modified At:** 2025-10-05T03:26:16.397Z


## Related links

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

## Sources

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