# Install start-server-and-test with npm

Starts server, waits for URL, then runs test command; when the tests end, shuts down server. Version 3.0.11 via npm; verified 2026-06-11.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:start-server-and-test
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g start-server-and-test
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:start-server-and-test
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 3.0.11
- **Source summary:** Starts server, waits for URL, then runs test command; when the tests end, shuts down server
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bahmutov/start-server-and-test#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11T14:37:36.055Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- start-server-and-test (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.11

## Security Notes

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



## Sources

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- cross-ecosystem install command graph