# Install uvu with npm

uvu is an extremely fast and lightweight test runner for Node.js and the browser. Version 0.5.6 via npm; verified 2022-07-03. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install uvu.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:uvu
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g uvu
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:uvu
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/uvu>
- **Version:** 0.5.6
- **Source summary:** uvu is an extremely fast and lightweight test runner for Node.js and the browser
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lukeed/uvu#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lukeed/uvu>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/lukeed/uvu#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/uvu/-/uvu-0.5.6.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/lukeed/uvu/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-07-03T20:28:44.662Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-03T20:28:44.662Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- uvu (cli)
- uvu (alias)

## Dependencies

- dequal
- diff
- kleur
- sade

## Build dependencies

- bundt
- esm
- module-alias
- totalist

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.5.6
- Package-manager updated: 2022-07-03
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/lukeed/uvu
- 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 uvu. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 0.5.6, Next: 0.6.0-next.1
- **Version Count:** 50
- **Maintainers:** lukeed
- **Publisher:** lukeed
- **Engines:** Node: >=8
- **Integrity:** sha512-+g8ENReyr8YsOc6fv/NVJs2vFdHBnBNdfE49rshrTzDWOlUx4Gq7KOS2GD8eqhy2j+Ejq29+SbKH8yjkAqXqoA==
- **Shasum:** 2754ca20bcb0bb59b64e9985e84d2e81058502df
- **Unpacked Size:** 48,320
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-05-11T22:15:29.310Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-07-03T20:28:44.662Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-07-03T20:28:44.749Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - uvu - 0.5.6+~cs4.10.4-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: uvu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Extremely fast and lightweight test runner for Node.js and the browser | https://github.com/lukeed/uvu#readme
- Ubuntu apt - uvu - 0.5.6+~cs4.10.4-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: uvu from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Extremely fast and lightweight test runner for Node.js and the browser | https://github.com/lukeed/uvu#readme


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [vows](https://pkg.so/npm/vows/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, diff, node.
- [pa11y-ci](https://pkg.so/npm/pa11y-ci/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, is, kleur.
- [tape](https://pkg.so/npm/tape/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: assert, browser, cli, developer, developer-tools.

## 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