# 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
- **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>
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-03T20:28:44.662Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- uvu (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5.6

## Security Notes

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


## 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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph