Installation

The packages are published to the private @krakentech npm registry on registry.npmjs.org. Kraken provides an npm access token for your team.

1. Configure .npmrc

Add the following to a project-level or user-level .npmrc:

@krakentech:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}

2. Set NPM_TOKEN

Set NPM_TOKEN to the token Kraken provided — in your shell environment, CI secrets, or deployment platform.

warning

Never commit the token to source control. Reference it via an environment variable as shown above.

3. Install

Install the core package:

npm install @krakentech/ink-live-chat-widget

For React, install both packages (the wrapper has a peer dependency on the core widget):

npm install @krakentech/ink-live-chat-widget @krakentech/ink-live-chat-widget-react

pnpm add and yarn add work the same way.

Peer dependencies (React wrapper)

Peer dependency	Version
react / react-dom	18+
@krakentech/ink-live-chat-widget	Matches your installed widget version

Version pinning

Pin both packages to known versions in your package.json, and re-test when you upgrade. If you self-host the script-tag build, pin the copied dist/ assets to the same version and redeploy on upgrade.

Next step

Continue to the Quick Start for a minimal working integration.