# Install bestzip with npm

Uses OS zip command if available (for better performance and speed) or node.js version if there is no system command available. Can be called via node or command line. Version 3.0.1 via npm; verified 2026-05-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:bestzip
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g bestzip
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:bestzip
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/bestzip>
- **Version:** 3.0.1
- **Source summary:** Uses OS zip command if available (for better performance and speed) or node.js version if there is no system command available. Can be called via node or command line.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/nfriedly/node-bestzip>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nfriedly/node-bestzip>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/nfriedly/node-bestzip>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/bestzip/-/bestzip-3.0.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/nfriedly/node-bestzip/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-21T18:58:54.919Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-21T18:58:54.919Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- bestzip (cli)
- bestzip (alias)

## Dependencies

- archiver
- glob
- which
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- command-line-test
- eslint
- eslint-config-prettier
- eslint-plugin-prettier
- klaw-sync
- prettier
- unzip-stream

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nfriedly/node-bestzip
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.0.1
- **Version Count:** 27
- **Maintainers:** nfriedly, peace, lampei
- **Author:** Nathan Friedly - http://nfriedly.com/
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=22
- **Integrity:** sha512-sUOmPTsusjvT/hdflzoGrCreDgtGHx4btDdLw2Ykjpg4hhJWuIlWUd3a4qWdHhcTJ8kHL6JLW/dR/XhCPomB4w==
- **Shasum:** 3418a6cbb4f1c07b3bc63658bdc67f0575032f20
- **Unpacked Size:** 11,706
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-10-28T15:55:16.124Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-21T18:58:54.919Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-21T18:58:55.158Z


## Related links

- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [chokidar-cli](https://pkg.so/npm/chokidar-cli/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, database, file, file-management, http.
- [can-symlink](https://pkg.so/npm/can-symlink/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: can, cli, file, file-management, http.
- [check-engine](https://pkg.so/npm/check-engine/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, http, line, networking, node.

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