Unable to install ness via npm@7 after "npm init gatsby"

[eladb]

$ npx ness
npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Found: react@17.0.1
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"^17.0.1" from ness@0.7.2
npm ERR!   node_modules/ness
npm ERR!     ness@"*" from the root project
npm ERR!   peer react@">=16.8.0" from ink@3.0.8
npm ERR!   node_modules/ink
npm ERR!     ink@"^3.0.8" from ness@0.7.2
npm ERR!     node_modules/ness
npm ERR!       ness@"*" from the root project
npm ERR!     peer ink@">=3.0.0" from ink-link@2.0.0
npm ERR!     node_modules/ink-link
npm ERR!       ink-link@"^2.0.0" from ness@0.7.2
npm ERR!       node_modules/ness
npm ERR!         ness@"*" from the root project
npm ERR!     1 more (ink-spinner)
npm ERR!   1 more (ink-link)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"^16.0.0" from react-reconciler@0.24.0
npm ERR! node_modules/ink/node_modules/react-reconciler
npm ERR!   react-reconciler@"^0.24.0" from ink@3.0.8
npm ERR!   node_modules/ink
npm ERR!     ink@"^3.0.8" from ness@0.7.2
npm ERR!     node_modules/ness
npm ERR!       ness@"*" from the root project
npm ERR!     2 more (ink-link, ink-spinner)

Environment:

$ npm --version
7.0.8