https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa

binary child-process exec execute javascript nodejs shell spawn spawned-processes streams

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Process execution for humans

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Owner: sindresorhus
License: mit
Created: 2015-12-05T22:57:03.000Z (over 10 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2026-07-31T02:10:22.000Z (25 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T00:56:32.895Z (2 days ago)
Topics: binary, child-process, exec, execute, javascript, nodejs, shell, spawn, spawned-processes, streams
Language: JavaScript
Homepage:
Size: 2.77 MB
Stars: 7,589
Watchers: 42
Forks: 259
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- License: license
- Security: .github/security.md
Funding:
- Github: sindresorhus
- Open collective: sindresorhus
- Buy me a coffee: sindresorhus
- Custom: https://sindresorhus.com/donate

Owner metadata:

Name: Sindre Sorhus
Login: sindresorhus
Email:
Kind: user
Description: Full-Time Open-Sourcerer. Focused on Swift & JavaScript. Makes macOS apps, CLI tools, npm packages.
Website: https://sindresorhus.com/apps
Location:
Twitter: sindresorhus
Company:
Icon url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/170270?u=34acd557a042ac478d273a4621570cadb6b0bd89&v=4
Repositories: 1111
Last Synced at: 2024-10-29T21:14:09.635Z
Profile URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus

GitHub Events

Total

Create event: 26
Delete event: 22
Fork event: 34
Issue comment event: 117
Issues event: 42
Pull request event: 49
Pull request review comment event: 21
Pull request review event: 26
Push event: 86
Release event: 5
Watch event: 504
Total: 932

Last Year

Create event: 9
Delete event: 12
Fork event: 5
Issue comment event: 18
Issues event: 3
Pull request event: 7
Pull request review comment event: 3
Pull request review event: 3
Push event: 20
Watch event: 94
Total: 174

Committers metadata

Last synced: 6 days ago

Total Commits: 846
Total Committers: 65
Avg Commits per committer: 13.015
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.298

Commits in past year: 33
Committers in past year: 4
Avg Commits per committer in past year: 8.25
Development Distribution Score (DDS) in past year: 0.152

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Issue and Pull Request metadata

Last synced: 1 day ago

Total issues: 293
Total pull requests: 825
Average time to close issues: 6 months
Average time to close pull requests: 3 days
Total issue authors: 137
Total pull request authors: 44
Average comments per issue: 2.88
Average comments per pull request: 0.59
Merged pull request: 734
Bot issues: 0
Bot pull requests: 0

Past year issues: 9
Past year pull requests: 31
Past year average time to close issues: 4 months
Past year average time to close pull requests: about 23 hours
Past year issue authors: 7
Past year pull request authors: 8
Past year average comments per issue: 3.89
Past year average comments per pull request: 0.74
Past year merged pull request: 20
Past year bot issues: 0
Past year bot pull requests: 0

More stats: https://issues.ecosyste.ms/repositories/lookup?url=https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa

Top Issue Authors

ehmicky (136)
sindresorhus (7)
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Package metadata

Total packages: 26
Total downloads:
- npm: 635,046,375 last-month
Total docker downloads: 11,064,373,606
Total dependent packages: 17,623 (may contain duplicates)
Total dependent repositories: 932,017 (may contain duplicates)
Total versions: 321
Total maintainers: 12

npmjs.org: execa

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 10.0.1 (published 25 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:39:35.639Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 66
Dependent Packages: 17,598
Dependent Repositories: 932,013
Downloads: 635,043,236 Last month
Docker Downloads: 11,064,373,606
Rankings:
- Downloads: 0.002%
- Dependent packages count: 0.006%
- Docker downloads count: 0.007%
- Dependent repos count: 0.036%
- Average: 0.591%
- Stargazers count: 1.252%
- Forks count: 2.242%
Maintainers (2)
- ehmicky
- sindresorhus
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

proxy.golang.org: github.com/sindresorhus/execa

Homepage:
Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/sindresorhus/execa#section-documentation
Licenses: mit
Latest release: v10.0.1+incompatible (published 25 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:35:47.886Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 66
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 2
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 0.884%
- Forks count: 1.944%
- Dependent repos count: 3.48%
- Average: 3.967%
- Dependent packages count: 9.561%

proxy.golang.org: github.com/Sindresorhus/execa

Homepage:
Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/Sindresorhus/execa#section-documentation
Licenses: mit
Latest release: v10.0.1+incompatible (published 25 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-24T00:51:47.237Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 66
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 4.494%
- Average: 4.645%
- Dependent repos count: 4.796%

proxy.golang.org: github.com/SindreSorhus/execa

Homepage:
Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/SindreSorhus/execa#section-documentation
Licenses: mit
Latest release: v10.0.1+incompatible (published 25 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:34:35.036Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 66
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 4.524%
- Average: 4.677%
- Dependent repos count: 4.829%

repo1.maven.org: org.webjars.npm:execa

WebJar for execa

Homepage: https://www.webjars.org
Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.webjars.npm/execa/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 8.0.1 (published almost 3 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:35:46.784Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 15
Dependent Packages: 18
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 3.36%
- Dependent packages count: 3.362%
- Forks count: 10.427%
- Average: 12.282%
- Dependent repos count: 31.98%

npmjs.org: @marchyang/execa

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 6.0.1 (published over 4 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:41:36.146Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 2
Dependent Packages: 5
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 12 Last month
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 1.244%
- Forks count: 2.281%
- Dependent packages count: 3.699%
- Dependent repos count: 10.296%
- Average: 16.383%
- Downloads: 64.397%
Maintainers (1)
- marchyang
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

npmjs.org: @nbarray/execa

A better `child_process`

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 1.0.0 (published almost 8 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:34:31.907Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 1
Dependent Repositories: 1
Downloads: 10 Last month
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 1.243%
- Forks count: 2.281%
- Dependent repos count: 10.296%
- Average: 17.926%
- Dependent packages count: 20.908%
- Downloads: 54.903%
Maintainers (1)
- nbarray

npmjs.org: @commonify/execa

CommonJS version of execa 6.0.0. See https://github.com/mifi/commonify

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 6.0.0 (published over 4 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:35:10.572Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 1
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 11 Last month
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 1.582%
- Forks count: 2.737%
- Dependent packages count: 16.224%
- Average: 18.327%
- Dependent repos count: 25.328%
- Downloads: 45.763%
Maintainers (1)
- mifi

npmjs.org: @drtz/execa

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 8.0.3 (published over 2 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:37:37.540Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 12 Last month
Rankings:
- Downloads: 12.771%
- Average: 24.586%
- Dependent repos count: 24.957%
- Dependent packages count: 36.029%
Maintainers (1)
- drtzack
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

npmjs.org: @depup/execa

Process execution for humans (with updated dependencies)

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 10.0.1-depup.0 (published 25 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:42:18.532Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 4
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 335 Last month
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 22.53%
- Average: 27.513%
- Dependent packages count: 32.495%
Maintainers (1)
- chiefmikey
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

npmjs.org: @dword-design/execa-fork

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Status: deprecated
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 0.0.1 (published 9 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T02:08:30.369Z (2 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 8 Last month
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 23.311%
- Average: 28.467%
- Dependent packages count: 33.622%
Maintainers (1)
- dword-design
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

npmjs.org: @thaitype/execa

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 9.5.2-2 (published over 1 year ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T01:58:00.628Z (2 days ago)
Versions: 3
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 16 Last month
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 25.168%
- Average: 30.787%
- Dependent packages count: 36.407%
Maintainers (1)
- mildronize
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

npmjs.org: execa-cjs-alt

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Status: deprecated
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 9.4.1 (published almost 2 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:39:20.569Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 2
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 5 Last month
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 25.698%
- Average: 31.473%
- Dependent packages count: 37.247%
Maintainers (1)
- loveencounterflow
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

npmjs.org: execa-cjs

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 9.1.1 (published over 2 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:39:18.972Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 2
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 2,609 Last month
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 28.857%
- Average: 35.399%
- Dependent packages count: 41.942%
Maintainers (1)
- maoxiaoke
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

repo1.maven.org: org.mvnpm:execa

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Documentation: https://appdoc.app/artifact/org.mvnpm/execa/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 10.0.1 (published 23 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T20:43:08.757Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 12
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 31.064%
- Average: 37.738%
- Dependent packages count: 44.412%

npmjs.org: @rebundled/execa

Process execution for humans

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 8.0.2-next.2 (published over 2 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-08-23T01:53:39.804Z (2 days ago)
Versions: 3
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 121 Last month
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 33.928%
- Average: 41.19%
- Dependent packages count: 48.451%
Maintainers (1)
- mmkale
Funding:
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa?sponsor=1

ubuntu-24.04: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 6.1.0+dfsg1+~cs16.0.4-9 (published 7 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-06T06:57:20.471Z (6 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-20.04: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.10.0+dfsg-1 (published 6 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-13T09:24:44.527Z (5 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

debian-11: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/node-execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 4.1.0+dfsg+~cs19.3.6-5 (published 7 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-14T01:23:40.382Z (5 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-23.04: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 6.1.0+dfsg1+~cs16.0.4-8 (published 7 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-11T22:43:20.139Z (6 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

debian-13: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/trixie/node-execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 8.0.1+dfsg1+~cs12.0.0-1 (published 6 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-14T07:03:31.934Z (5 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

debian-12: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/node-execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 6.1.0+dfsg1+~cs16.0.4-8 (published 6 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-13T05:26:33.975Z (6 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-22.04: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 5.1.1+repack+~cs17.3.6-1 (published 7 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-07T15:38:29.464Z (6 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

debian-10: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa#readme
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/buster/node-execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.10.0+dfsg-1 (published 6 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-13T16:00:48.598Z (5 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-24.10: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 8.0.1+dfsg1+~cs12.0.0-1build2 (published 7 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-09T06:22:48.998Z (6 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-23.10: node-execa

Homepage: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 6.1.0+dfsg1+~cs16.0.4-9 (published 6 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-13T20:16:44.799Z (5 months ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

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