# Install touch with npm

like touch(1) in node. Version 3.1.1 via npm; verified 2024-05-14. Also installable with scoop: scoop install main/touch.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:touch
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g touch
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:touch
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/touch>
- **Version:** 3.1.1
- **Source summary:** like touch(1) in node
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/isaacs/node-touch#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/isaacs/node-touch>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/isaacs/node-touch#readme>
- **License:** ISC
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/touch/-/touch-3.1.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/isaacs/node-touch/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-05-14T15:22:51.464Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-14T15:22:51.464Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- nodetouch (cli)
- nodetouch (alias)

## Build dependencies

- mutate-fs
- tap

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.1.1
- Package-manager updated: 2024-05-14
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/isaacs/node-touch
- 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 touch. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.1.1
- **Version Count:** 11
- **Maintainers:** isaacs
- **Author:** Isaac Z. Schlueter
- **Publisher:** isaacs
- **Integrity:** sha512-r0eojU4bI8MnHr8c5bNo7lJDdI2qXlWWJk6a9EAFG7vbhTjElYhBVS3/miuE0uOuoLdb8Mc/rVfsmm6eo5o9GA==
- **Shasum:** 097a23d7b161476435e5c1344a95c0f75b4a5694
- **Unpacked Size:** 10,163
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-10-05T22:13:24.358Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-05-14T15:22:51.464Z
- **Modified At:** 2024-05-14T15:22:51.625Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Scoop - main/touch: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/touch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [scandirectory](https://pkg.so/npm/scandirectory/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, file, file-utilities, filesystem, node.
- [sane](https://pkg.so/npm/sane/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-utilities, filesystem, system.
- [simple-watcher](https://pkg.so/npm/simple-watcher/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, file-utilities, filesystem, system.

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