# Install wait-on with npm

wait-on is a cross platform command line utility and Node.js API which will wait for files, ports, sockets, and http(s) resources to become available. Version 9.1.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-21. Also installable with macports: sudo port install wait_on.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:wait-on
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g wait-on
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:wait-on
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 9.1.0
- **Source summary:** wait-on is a cross platform command line utility and Node.js API which will wait for files, ports, sockets, and http(s) resources to become available
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jeffbski/wait-on#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T20:51:38.654Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- wait-on (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 9.1.0

## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - wait_on: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/wait_on/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [wait_on](https://pkg.so/pkg/brew/wait-on/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

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