# siddharthkp/auto-install

Install dependencies as you code ⚡️

Repository: https://github.com/siddharthkp/auto-install
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/auto-install
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-05-17T11:55:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3678, "days_push": 1934, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1203, forks 49 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.718441+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js CLI tool that watches your code and automatically installs npm dependencies as you import them, uninstalling unused ones. It supports yarn, exact versions, and a secure mode that only installs popular packages.

## Use cases
- automatically install npm packages when I import them
- stop manually running npm install while coding
- auto-remove unused dependencies from package.
- use yarn instead of npm for auto-installing dependencies
- only auto-install popular packages to avoid typosquatting

## When to choose
- you want zero-friction dependency management while prototyping in Node.js
- you frequently forget to install modules before running code
- you want unused packages cleaned up automatically

## When to avoid
- you need strict, reviewed dependency changes in production projects
- the project is inactive and may lag behind modern npm/yarn behavior
- you use package managers other than npm or yarn

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: package-manager, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: npm, yarn, auto-install, watch-mode, javascript, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- siddharthkp/auto-install (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.718441+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:20:33.002030+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/siddharthkp/auto-install (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.718441+00:00, sha 862cfc4aa6c8)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/auto-install (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:43.688671+00:00, sha 715979bffecb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.