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shelljs.exec

Replacement for shelljs' slow exec method - benchmarked 20x faster

v1.1.8, 5 Jan 2019ISCCommonJSTypes: NoneNode.js utilities
$ npm install shelljs.exec
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
439.5k
+119% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 years ago
v1.1.8
GitHub stars
11
1 forks
Open issues / PRs
1 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 615.7k (18 Aug 2026)Low 128.3k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

439,476 downloads last week, 2,073,045 in the last month. The 12-month change of +119% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
019 in total
Latest version
1.1.8, 5 Jan 20197 years ago
First published
16 Sept 2017
Last push to GitHub
5 Jan 20192,819 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
1
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
42

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 16 Sept 2017

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.1.85 Jan 2019
1.1.79 Oct 2017
1.1.65 Oct 2017
1.1.530 Sept 2017
1.1.430 Sept 2017
1.1.325 Sept 2017
1.1.225 Sept 2017
1.1.120 Sept 2017
1.1.019 Sept 2017
1.0.919 Sept 2017
1.0.819 Sept 2017
1.0.719 Sept 2017
1.0.619 Sept 2017
1.0.519 Sept 2017

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 4.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
97 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install shelljs.exec

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/shelljs.exec@1.1.8/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/shelljs.exec@1.1.8/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/shelljs.exec@1.1.8
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.