# Install tap with npm

A Test-Anything-Protocol library for JavaScript. Version 21.7.4 via npm; verified 2026-05-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tap.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:tap
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g tap
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:tap
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/tap>
- **Version:** 21.7.4
- **Source summary:** A Test-Anything-Protocol library for JavaScript
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs/tree/main/src/tap#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs/tree/main/src/tap#readme>
- **License:** BlueOak-1.0.0
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- tap (cli)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 21.7.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/tapjs/tapjs
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 21.7.4, Legacy: 12.7.0, Legacy V16: 16.3.10, Totally Bundled: 14.10.2-totally-bundled.1, Unbundled: 14.10.2-unbundled, V14 Legacy: 14.11.0, V15 Beta: 15.0.0-3
- **Version Count:** 441
- **Maintainers:** isaacs
- **Author:** Isaac Z. Schlueter
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-04-21T07:10:43.641Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-15T19:36:46.979Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

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


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [tap-parser](https://pkg.so/npm/tap-parser/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: anything, cli, codegen, developer, developer-tools.
- [tap-out](https://pkg.so/npm/tap-out/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, tap, test.
- [tap-summary](https://pkg.so/npm/tap-summary/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, tap, testing.

## 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