# Install backport with npm

A CLI tool that automates the process of backporting commits. Version 12.0.4 via npm; verified 2026-06-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:backport
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g backport
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:backport
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/backport>
- **Version:** 12.0.4
- **Source summary:** A CLI tool that automates the process of backporting commits
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport/blob/main/README.md>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport/blob/main/README.md>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/backport/-/backport-12.0.4.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-19T00:04:44.711Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T00:04:44.711Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- backport (cli)
- backport (alias)

## Dependencies

- @graphql-typed-document-node/core
- @inquirer/prompts
- @octokit/rest
- chalk
- dotenv
- find-up
- graphql
- handlebars
- lodash-es
- ora
- p-retry
- strip-json-comments
- terminal-link
- utility-types
- winston
- yargs
- yargs-parser
- zod

## Build dependencies

- @0no-co/graphqlsp
- @eslint/js
- @graphql-codegen/cli
- @graphql-codegen/client-preset
- @graphql-codegen/schema-ast
- @graphql-codegen/typed-document-node
- @graphql-codegen/typescript
- @graphql-codegen/typescript-operations
- @parcel/watcher
- @types/lodash-es
- @types/node
- @types/yargs
- @types/yargs-parser
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- eslint
- eslint-plugin-import-x
- eslint-plugin-unicorn
- graphql-config
- graphql-request
- husky
- lint-staged
- prettier
- strip-ansi
- tsx
- typescript
- vitest

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 12.0.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 11.0.0-beta.1, Latest: 12.0.4
- **Version Count:** 243
- **Maintainers:** sqren
- **Author:** Søren Louv-Jansen
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=22.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-C6AK8/4uy7ok3GEYtqBnQyratt7Bgd0+3TZ3AcIKVvvAKd/YsstyXsak/ZHljw2Cy/rLhyQXDq8ga+V+9FSw8A==
- **Shasum:** 73285f03e9f437677d4c1021f3a193d66f1c21d4
- **Unpacked Size:** 948,345
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-09-28T01:42:50.234Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-19T00:04:44.711Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-19T00:04:44.987Z


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