# Install cborg with npm

Fast CBOR with a focus on strictness. Version 6.1.1 via npm; verified 2026-07-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:cborg
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g cborg
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:cborg
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/cborg>
- **Version:** 6.1.1
- **Source summary:** Fast CBOR with a focus on strictness
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rvagg/cborg#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rvagg/cborg>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/rvagg/cborg#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/cborg/-/cborg-6.1.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/rvagg/cborg/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-29T12:49:36.282Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T12:49:36.282Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- cborg (cli)
- cborg (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @semantic-release/changelog
- @semantic-release/commit-analyzer
- @semantic-release/git
- @semantic-release/github
- @semantic-release/npm
- @semantic-release/release-notes-generator
- @types/chai
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- chai
- conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
- ipld-garbage
- mocha
- polendina
- semantic-release
- standard
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 6.1.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rvagg/cborg
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 6.1.1
- **Version Count:** 120
- **Maintainers:** rvagg
- **Author:** Rod
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Integrity:** sha512-Ci8+V1OMFtqea8EXicsATqV+3kEqCGXCicM+5MEzpKTxqy58WMzhJUjtUqAjfWpKPZ0wpG8F+u5mC8Xy/0Zevg==
- **Shasum:** 8e623d597954ca6489d1a43d245e519c09f68bcf
- **Unpacked Size:** 586,910
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2021-01-08T12:45:47.830Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-29T12:49:36.282Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-29T12:49:36.578Z


## Related links

- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [cbor-extract](https://pkg.so/npm/cbor-extract/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cbor, cli, http, networking, npm.
- [canonical-json](https://pkg.so/npm/canonical-json/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, http, networking, npm, serialization.
- [capnp-es](https://pkg.so/npm/capnp-es/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, http, networking, npm, serialization.

## Sources

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