# Install figlet with npm

Creates ASCII Art from text. A full implementation of the FIGfont spec. Version 1.11.4 via npm; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install figlet.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:figlet
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g figlet
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:figlet
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/figlet>
- **Version:** 1.11.4
- **Source summary:** Creates ASCII Art from text. A full implementation of the FIGfont spec.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/figlet/-/figlet-1.11.4.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-27T23:56:24.249Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T23:56:24.249Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- figlet (cli)

## Dependencies

- commander

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- @vitest/ui
- async
- husky
- lint-staged
- prettier
- typescript
- vite
- vite-plugin-dts
- vitest

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.11.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-27
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 1.11.4-beta.0, Latest: 1.11.4
- **Version Count:** 50
- **Maintainers:** patorjk
- **Author:** Patrick Gillespie
- **Publisher:** patorjk
- **Engines:** Node: >= 17.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-ZU41480OncL+NVLQrT0GVnbO0COL24sLSrzksioDgunmdJNYEUxhJJZ4Y3x1csN8XXqN5OcCZTLG8lKdquNyfQ==
- **Shasum:** 4222f6f23203e3827ab5176a0130b4f61d0587fd
- **Unpacked Size:** 18,805,509
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-12-23T06:15:54.632Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-27T23:56:24.249Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-27T23:56:24.396Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - figlet - 2.2.5-3+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: figlet from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Make large character ASCII banners out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- Nix - figlet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/figlet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - figlet - 2.2.5-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: figlet from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Make large character ASCII banners out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- apk - figlet - 2.2.5-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: figlet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Program for making large letters out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- apk - figlet-doc - 2.2.5-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: figlet-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Program for making large letters out of ordinary text (documentation) | http://www.figlet.org/
- dnf - figlet - 2.2.5-40.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: figlet from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | A program for making large letters out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- pacman - figlet - 2.2.5-6: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: figlet from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A program for making large letters out of ordinary text | http://www.figlet.org/
- zypper - figlet - 2.2.5-4.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: figlet from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tool for Creating Cool ASCII-Art Signatures | http://www.figlet.org/
- MacPorts - figlet: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/figlet/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/figlet: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/figlet.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [figlet](https://pkg.so/brew/figlet/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: art, ascii, ascii-art, banner, cli.
- [ponysay](https://pkg.so/brew/ponysay/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: art, ascii, ascii-art, cli, toys.
- [fakesteak](https://pkg.so/brew/fakesteak/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: art, ascii, ascii-art, cli, toys.
- [figlet](https://pkg.so/brew/figlet/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
