# Install ava with npm

Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence. Version 8.0.1 via npm; verified 2026-05-17. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ava.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:ava
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g ava
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:ava
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 8.0.1
- **Source summary:** Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence.
- **Homepage:** <https://avajs.dev>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-17T19:30:55.528Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ava (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 8.0.1

## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ava - 5.3.1+dfsg+~cs46.3.10-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ava from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Futuristic test runner 🚀 | https://ava.li
- Ubuntu apt - ava - 5.3.1+dfsg+~cs46.3.10-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ava from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Futuristic test runner 🚀 | https://ava.li
- winget - AvaCC.AvaDesktop: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AvaCC.AvaDesktop from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph