# Install rimraf with npm

A deep deletion module for node (like rm -rf). Version 6.1.3 via npm; verified 2026-02-16.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:rimraf
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g rimraf
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:rimraf
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/rimraf>
- **Version:** 6.1.3
- **Source summary:** A deep deletion module for node (like rm -rf)
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf#readme>
- **License:** BlueOak-1.0.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-6.1.3.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-02-16T00:59:39.538Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-16T00:59:39.538Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- rimraf (cli)
- rimraf (alias)

## Dependencies

- glob
- package-json-from-dist

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- mkdirp
- prettier
- tap
- tshy
- typedoc

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 6.1.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-02-16
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 6.1.3, V5 Legacy: 5.0.10
- **Version Count:** 86
- **Maintainers:** isaacs
- **Author:** Isaac Z. Schlueter
- **Publisher:** isaacs
- **Engines:** Node: 20 || >=22
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs>
- **Integrity:** sha512-LKg+Cr2ZF61fkcaK1UdkH2yEBBKnYjTyWzTJT6KNPcSPaiT7HSdhtMXQuN5wkTX0Xu72KQ1l8S42rlmexS2hSA==
- **Shasum:** afbee236b3bd2be331d4e7ce4493bac1718981af
- **Unpacked Size:** 261,819
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-02-08T08:55:37.756Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-02-16T00:59:39.538Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-04-03T13:52:28.331Z


## Related links

- [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [run-node](https://pkg.so/npm/run-node/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, javascript, node, system, system-tools.
- [modclean](https://pkg.so/npm/modclean/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, glob, module, node, remove.
- [del-cli](https://pkg.so/npm/del-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, glob, remove, rimraf, rm.

## Sources

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