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This package name is not currently in use, but was formerly occupied by another package. To avoid malicious use, npm is hanging on to the package name, but loosely, and we'll probably give it to you if you want it.
You may adopt this package by contacting support@npmjs.com and requesting the name.
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This package name is not currently in use, but was formerly occupied by another package. To avoid malicious use, npm is hanging on to the package name, but loosely, and we'll probably give it to you if you want it.
The npm package child_process receives a total of 409,703 weekly downloads. As such, child_process popularity was classified as popular.
We found that child_process demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 26 Aug 2016
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