# Install mocha with npm

simple, flexible, fun test framework. Version 11.7.6 via npm; verified 2026-05-21. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mocha.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:mocha
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g mocha
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:mocha
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/mocha>
- **Version:** 11.7.6
- **Source summary:** simple, flexible, fun test framework
- **Homepage:** <https://mochajs.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mochajs/mocha>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://mochajs.org/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/>
- **Published:** 2026-05-21T11:11:59.551Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-21T11:11:59.551Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- mocha (cli)
- mocha (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 11.7.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mochajs/mocha
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 11.7.6, Next: 12.0.0-rc.5
- **Version Count:** 246
- **Maintainers:** joshuakgoldberg, mark-wiemer
- **Author:** TJ Holowaychuk
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-11-08T23:08:55.982Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-21T11:11:59.551Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-21T11:11:59.551Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - mocha - 10.7.2+ds1+~cs33.1.11-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mocha from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple, flexible, fun test framework - Node.js module | https://mochajs.org
- Nix - mocha: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mocha/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - mocha - 10.4.0+ds1+~cs33.1.8-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mocha from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple, flexible, fun test framework - Node.js module | https://mochajs.org


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- [mocha-headless-chrome](https://pkg.so/npm/mocha-headless-chrome/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, mocha, testing.
- [mocha-parallel-tests](https://pkg.so/npm/mocha-parallel-tests/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, mocha, testing.

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