# Install why-is-node-running with npm

Node is running but you don't know why? why-is-node-running is here to help you. Version 3.2.2 via npm; verified 2025-01-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:why-is-node-running
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g why-is-node-running
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:why-is-node-running
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 3.2.2
- **Source summary:** Node is running but you don't know why? why-is-node-running is here to help you.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/why-is-node-running>
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-08T15:02:27.953Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- why-is-node-running (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.2.2

## Security Notes

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



## Sources

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