# Install npkill with npm

List any node_modules directories in your system, as well as the space they take up. You can then select which ones you want to erase to free up space. Version 0.12.2 via npm; verified 2024-06-08. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#npkill.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:npkill
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g npkill
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:npkill
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/npkill>
- **Version:** 0.12.2
- **Source summary:** List any node_modules directories in your system, as well as the space they take up. You can then select which ones you want to erase to free up space.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/zaldih/npkill#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zaldih/npkill>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/zaldih/npkill#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/npkill/-/npkill-0.12.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/zaldih/npkill/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-06-08T15:24:31.298Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-08T15:24:31.298Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- npkill (cli)
- npkill (alias)

## Dependencies

- ansi-escapes
- colors
- get-folder-size
- node-emoji
- open-file-explorer
- rxjs

## Build dependencies

- @commitlint/config-conventional
- @stryker-mutator/core
- @stryker-mutator/jest-runner
- @types/colors
- @types/gulp
- @types/jest
- @types/node
- @types/rimraf
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- commitlint
- del
- eslint
- eslint-config-prettier
- eslint-config-standard-with-typescript
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-n
- eslint-plugin-promise
- gulp
- gulp-typescript
- husky
- jest
- lint-staged
- np
- pre-commit
- prettier
- rimraf
- stryker-cli
- ts-jest
- ts-node
- tslint
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.12.2
- Package-manager updated: 2024-06-08
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/zaldih/npkill
- 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 npkill. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 0.12.2, Next: 0.12.2-1
- **Version Count:** 44
- **Maintainers:** zaldih, nyachan
- **Author:** Nya Garcia & Juan Torres
- **Publisher:** zaldih
- **Engines:** Node: >=14.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-IsMvXUxkpk9UpSUDkKxrUdpWRpDYGr1aSEhBmgnYU/beUg+rS9MwWH97SNe/8chiUzfB3ojN7Z1m+DHO0vu67g==
- **Shasum:** 3dcaa1bdf769412c9f17ef6927e324cb21e01133
- **Unpacked Size:** 134,584
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2019-07-29T18:25:50.086Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-06-08T15:24:31.298Z
- **Modified At:** 2024-11-25T09:34:08.526Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - npkill: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/np/npkill/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [modclean](https://pkg.so/npm/modclean/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: clean, cleanup, cli, delete, directories.
- [clean-modules](https://pkg.so/npm/clean-modules/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: clean, cleanup, cli, modules, node.
- [node-prune](https://pkg.so/npm/node-prune/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cleanup, cli, file, file-cleanup, modules.

## 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