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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.
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Execa is a modern alternative to 'child_process'. It provides a more user-friendly API for executing shell commands and handling their output. Execa supports promises, better error handling, and more features compared to the standard 'child_process' module.
Cross-spawn is a package that provides a consistent API for spawning child processes across different platforms. It addresses issues with the default 'child_process' module, especially on Windows, making it easier to write cross-platform code.
ShellJS is a portable (Windows/Linux/OS X) implementation of Unix shell commands on top of the Node.js API. It provides a higher-level API for executing shell commands and scripts, making it easier to work with the filesystem and other shell tasks.
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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 194,863 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.
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