# Install whybundled with npm

Answers the question – Why the hell is this module in a bundle? Version 2.0.0 via npm; verified 2021-04-07.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:whybundled
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g whybundled
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:whybundled
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/whybundled>
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Source summary:** Answers the question – Why the hell is this module in a bundle?
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/d4rkr00t/whybundled#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/d4rkr00t/whybundled>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/d4rkr00t/whybundled#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/whybundled/-/whybundled-2.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/d4rkr00t/whybundled/issues>
- **Published:** 2021-04-07T00:41:40.084Z
- **Last updated:** 2021-04-07T00:41:40.084Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- wbd (cli)
- whybundled (cli)
- whybundled (alias)

## Dependencies

- @discoveryjs/json-ext
- @opaline/core
- @types/micromatch
- @types/treeify
- chalk
- micromatch
- treeify

## Build dependencies

- ava
- conventional-github-releaser
- coveralls
- fixturez
- lint-staged
- nyc
- pmm
- pre-commit
- prettier
- strip-ansi
- ts-node
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2021-04-07
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/d4rkr00t/whybundled
- 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 whybundled. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 2.0.0, Next: 2.0.0-alpha
- **Version Count:** 13
- **Maintainers:** sysoev
- **Publisher:** sysoev
- **Engines:** Node: >=8.4
- **Integrity:** sha512-BfSJPPqvmtPJjtUKaJ5dasRnXrxm6jv+wVg7g0+BtpseOvz8k3wHvSlkDGI50xTTP497x7LrENvUKdIky3sw9w==
- **Shasum:** d3051a3b01ce91c2a684331acaf2d61c9ea108c0
- **Unpacked Size:** 36,990
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2018-02-25T08:36:39.505Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2021-04-07T00:41:40.084Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-29T01:39:33.755Z


## Related links

- [Package ecosystem packages](https://pkg.so/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [webpack-bundle-analyzer](https://pkg.so/npm/webpack-bundle-analyzer/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: analysis, analyzer, bundle, bundle-analysis, cli.
- [inspectpack](https://pkg.so/npm/inspectpack/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, bundle, bundle-analysis, bundles, chalk.
- [webpack-bundle-size-analyzer](https://pkg.so/npm/webpack-bundle-size-analyzer/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, analyzer, bundle, bundle-analysis, bundles.

## Sources

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