# Install npkill with npm

List any node_modules directories in your system, as well as the space they take up. You can then select which ones you want to erase to free up space. Version 0.12.2 via npm; verified 2024-06-08. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#npkill.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:npkill
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g npkill
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:npkill
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 0.12.2
- **Source summary:** List any node_modules directories in your system, as well as the space they take up. You can then select which ones you want to erase to free up space.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/zaldih/npkill#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-08T15:24:31.298Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- npkill (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.12.2

## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - npkill: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/np/npkill/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph