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istanbulnpm
abandoned
Archived, deprecated/yanked, or silent for 2+ years.
✓ freshdeps checked istanbul live against npm, GitHub & OSV on Jun 15, 2026 — but it goes stale again.
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Latest version
0.4.5
Last release
9.8y ago
Last commit
18mo ago
Known CVEs (OSV)
0
Deprecated
YES
Repo archived
YES
Suggested alternative
nyc
the istanbul package is superseded by nyc / c8.
Migration
npx nyc <your-test-cmd>  // replaces 'istanbul cover'; npm i -D nyc
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HTML
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Repository: git://github.com/gotwarlost/istanbul.git

checked 2026-06-15T19:53:26.842Z · sources: registry=true github=true osv=true

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