# Install appium with npm

Automation for Apps. Version 3.6.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with winget: winget install --id JSFoundation.Appium -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:appium
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g appium
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:appium
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/appium>
- **Version:** 3.6.0
- **Source summary:** Automation for Apps.
- **Homepage:** <https://appium.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/appium/appium>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://appium.io>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/appium/-/appium-3.6.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/appium/appium/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-25T06:56:48.252Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T06:56:48.252Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- appium (cli)

## Dependencies

- @appium/base-driver
- @appium/base-plugin
- @appium/docutils
- @appium/logger
- @appium/schema
- @appium/support
- @appium/types
- @sidvind/better-ajv-errors
- ajv
- ajv-formats
- argparse
- asyncbox
- axios
- lilconfig
- lru-cache
- ora
- semver
- teen_process
- type-fest
- winston
- ws
- yaml

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: defined
- Lifecycle scripts: postinstall
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.6.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/appium/appium
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 3.0.0-rc.1, Fake: 1.20.0-fake.0, Latest: 3.6.0, Next: 2.0.1, Rc: 3.0.0-rc.2
- **Version Count:** 461
- **Maintainers:** jlipps, nick.mokhnach, kazucocoa, npm, imurchie, dangraham, umut.uzgur
- **Author:** <https://github.com/appium>
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=24.0.0, npm: >=10
- **Integrity:** sha512-qmsIj1VReEgW4tLZHX/1MXLCcV970gnTTgdQ1/aaWSisRJ6OeHbb582qJJmiyGl11wunx04il9YvTsy71J6dbw==
- **Shasum:** 130e7a9d75dd6beddab0fc2cb08f14ebd28867d1
- **Unpacked Size:** 1,120,047
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-01-22T00:36:11.275Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-25T06:56:48.252Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-25T06:56:48.628Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - JSFoundation.Appium: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: JSFoundation.Appium from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [appium](https://pkg.so/brew/appium/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: appium, apps, automation, cli, developer.
- [appium-fake-driver](https://pkg.so/npm/appium-fake-driver/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: appium, asyncbox, base, browser, browser-testing.
- [backport](https://pkg.so/npm/backport/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, cli, developer, developer-tools, networking.
- [appium](https://pkg.so/brew/appium/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

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