# Install semver with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, dnf

Semantic version parser for node (the one npm uses). Version 7.8.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#semver.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:semver
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install semver
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#semver
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/se/semver/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S semver
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: semver from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install semver-devel
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: semver-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:semver
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/semver>
- **Version:** 7.8.5
- **Source summary:** Semantic version parser for node (the one npm uses)
- **Homepage:** <https://semver.npmjs.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/npm/node-semver>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://semver.npmjs.com/>
- **License:** ISC
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/npm/node-semver/archive/refs/tags/v7.8.5.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T22:36:23Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- semver (cli)
- semver (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.8.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/npm/node-semver
- Upstream latest detected: v7.8.5 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for semver. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** semver
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - semver: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/se/semver/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - semver-devel - 0.3.1-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: semver-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for semver | https://github.com/Neargye/semver
- pacman - semver - 7.8.5-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: semver from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The semantic version parser used by npm | https://github.com/npm/node-semver


## Related links

- [Package publisher tools](https://pkg.so/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [node](https://pkg.so/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [semtag](https://pkg.so/brew/semtag/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, semantic-versioning, versioning.
- [corepack](https://pkg.so/brew/corepack/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, nodejs, npm.
- [npm-check-updates](https://pkg.so/brew/npm-check-updates/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, nodejs, npm.
- [ni](https://pkg.so/brew/ni/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, nodejs, npm.
- [nrm](https://pkg.so/brew/nrm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, nodejs, npm.
- [aube](https://pkg.so/brew/aube/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, nodejs, npm.
- [patch-package](https://pkg.so/brew/patch-package/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, nodejs, npm.
- [qnm](https://pkg.so/brew/qnm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, nodejs, npm.
- [semver](https://pkg.so/npm/semver/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, npm, parser.
- [semver](https://pkg.so/npm/semver/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/semver.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/semver.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph