# Install create-expo-app with npm

Create universal Expo apps. Version 4.0.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:create-expo-app
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-expo-app
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-expo-app
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-expo-app>
- **Version:** 4.0.0
- **Source summary:** Create universal Expo apps
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.expo.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/expo/expo>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.expo.dev>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-expo-app/-/create-expo-app-4.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/expo/expo/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-15T22:45:59.827Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-15T22:45:59.827Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- create-expo-app (cli)
- create-expo-app (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @expo/config
- @expo/json-file
- @expo/package-manager
- @expo/spawn-async
- @octokit/types
- @types/debug
- @types/getenv
- @types/node
- @types/picomatch
- @types/prompts
- @vercel/ncc
- arg
- chalk
- debug
- expo-module-scripts
- getenv
- glob
- multitars
- nock
- ora
- picomatch
- prompts
- update-check

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 4.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 4.0.0, Next: 3.0.0
- **Version Count:** 46
- **Maintainers:** ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, ccheever, wschurman
- **Author:** Evan Bacon
- **Publisher:** brentvatne
- **Engines:** Node: >=18.13.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-bZX0CuE6ZdJWKZUtJRnZYt6t1tbU6o/tHjffhZTJnpR2no+GncxQ2Okvc4+AyCBMx4Za2G85szrbAicgo4Qz9w==
- **Shasum:** c6cfc3b352f871e004b4ad86dcd3573c14254dfb
- **Unpacked Size:** 863,131
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-05-17T23:07:27.086Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-15T22:45:59.827Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-08-01T04:41:45.765Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [create-next-app](https://pkg.so/npm/create-next-app/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: apps, cli, create, developer, developer-tools.
- [create-react-app](https://pkg.so/npm/create-react-app/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: apps, cli, create, developer, developer-tools.
- [create-gatsby](https://pkg.so/npm/create-gatsby/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: apps, cli, create, developer, developer-tools.

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