# Install tape with npm

tap-producing test harness for node and browsers. Version 5.10.2 via npm; verified 2026-06-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:tape
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g tape
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:tape
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/tape>
- **Version:** 5.10.2
- **Source summary:** tap-producing test harness for node and browsers
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/tape-testing/tape>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tape-testing/tape>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/tape-testing/tape>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/tape/-/tape-5.10.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/tape-testing/tape/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-18T18:04:06.475Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T18:04:06.475Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- tape (cli)
- tape (alias)

## Dependencies

- @ljharb/now
- @ljharb/resumer
- @ljharb/through
- array.prototype.every
- call-bind
- call-bound
- deep-equal
- defined
- dotignore
- es-object-atoms
- for-each
- get-package-type
- glob
- has-dynamic-import
- hasown
- inherits
- is-regex
- minimist
- mock-property
- object-inspect
- object-is
- object-keys
- object.assign
- resolve
- string.prototype.trim

## Build dependencies

- @arethetypeswrong/cli
- @ljharb/eslint-config
- @ljharb/tsconfig
- @types/array.prototype.every
- @types/array.prototype.flatmap
- @types/call-bind
- @types/concat-stream
- @types/deep-equal
- @types/defined
- @types/falafel
- @types/get-package-type
- @types/glob
- @types/inherits
- @types/js-yaml
- @types/minimist
- @types/node
- @types/object-inspect
- @types/object-is
- @types/object-keys
- @types/object.assign
- @types/readable-stream
- @types/semver
- @types/string.prototype.trim
- @types/tap
- array.prototype.flatmap
- auto-changelog
- concat-stream
- cross-env
- eclint
- ecstatic
- es-value-fixtures
- eslint
- falafel
- jackspeak
- jiti
- js-yaml
- npm-run-posix-or-windows
- npmignore
- nyc
- safe-publish-latest
- semver
- tap
- tap-parser
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 5.10.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/tape-testing/tape
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 5.10.2, Next: 5.3.0, V4.x Latest: 4.17.0
- **Version Count:** 161
- **Maintainers:** ljharb, domenic, raynos
- **Author:** Jordan Harband
- **Publisher:** ljharb
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb>
- **Integrity:** sha512-MfhVVAWa834kfYL4KgrqHblWfwkjaQvfaQhAX/bBTNQsK8oJ4ztpUe7jiemR2Vegw4pYwpnQMy51MhEmRzbbsg==
- **Shasum:** 6cc893de06a055181a30b975833e270582e8775a
- **Unpacked Size:** 476,761
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-11-25T17:10:27.951Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-18T18:04:06.475Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-18T18:04:06.575Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [faucet](https://pkg.so/npm/faucet/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: array, cli, defined, developer, developer-tools.
- [test](https://pkg.so/npm/test/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, minimist, node.
- [istanbul-merge](https://pkg.so/npm/istanbul-merge/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: array, cli, developer, developer-tools, each.

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